NGC 223
NGC 223
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
250 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 250 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 223 as it looked roughly 250 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 219Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartIC 40Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 198Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 227Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 182Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 204Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 40Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 198Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 227Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 182Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 204Lenticular12 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).