NGC 4823
NGC 4823
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
215 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 215 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4823 as it looked roughly 215 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 4820Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartNGC 4792Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 4855Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 4863Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4825Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 4847Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4792Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 4855Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 4863Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4825Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 4847Elliptical12 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).