NGC 623
NGC 623
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
417 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
235k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 417 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 623 as it looked roughly 417 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 612Lenticular1.8 million ly
apartNGC 619Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 572Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 1728Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1739Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 698Spiral37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 619Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 572Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 1728Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1739Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 698Spiral37 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).