NGC 823
NGC 823
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
206 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 206 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 823 as it looked roughly 206 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 1768Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 775Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 836Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 1763Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 689Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 749Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 775Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 836Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 1763Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 689Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 749Lenticular19 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).