NGC 2523C
NGC 2523C
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
173 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 173 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2523C as it looked roughly 173 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 2550ASpiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 2523BBarred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 2629Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartNGC 2646Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartIC 511Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartIC 520Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2523BBarred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 2629Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartNGC 2646Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartIC 511Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartIC 520Spiral11 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).