NGC 4623
NGC 4623
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
85 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 85 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4623 as it looked roughly 85 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 4612Lenticular1.6 million ly
apartIC 3719Irregular2.3 million ly
apartNGC 4608Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4570Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4492Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4598Lenticular6.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3719Irregular2.3 million ly
apartNGC 4608Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4570Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4492Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4598Lenticular6.3 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).