NGC 923
NGC 923
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
266 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 266 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 923 as it looked roughly 266 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 937Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 911Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartNGC 946Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 914Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 980Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 982Spiral9.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 911Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartNGC 946Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 914Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 980Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 982Spiral9.6 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).