NGC 2623
NGC 2623
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
254 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
177k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 254 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2623 as it looked roughly 254 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 509Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2611Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 2339Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 2338Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 2341Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 2569Elliptical31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2611Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 2339Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 2338Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 2341Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 2569Elliptical31 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).