NGC 2723
NGC 2723
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
174 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 174 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2723 as it looked roughly 174 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 2729Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 2716Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 2765Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartIC 2426Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 2713Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 2718Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2716Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 2765Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartIC 2426Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 2713Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 2718Spiral11 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).