NGC 723
NGC 723
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
69 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
27k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 69 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 723 as it looked roughly 69 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
IC 1729Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 613Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 908Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 578Spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 899Irregular9.6 million ly
apartIC 223Irregular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 613Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 908Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 578Spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 899Irregular9.6 million ly
apartIC 223Irregular10 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).