NGC 7323
NGC 7323
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
261 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 261 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7323 as it looked roughly 261 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 7316Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 5282Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 7553Elliptical44 million ly
apartNGC 7547Spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 7550Elliptical44 million ly
apartNGC 7516Lenticular46 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5282Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 7553Elliptical44 million ly
apartNGC 7547Spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 7550Elliptical44 million ly
apartNGC 7516Lenticular46 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).