NGC 2923
NGC 2923
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
382 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 382 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2923 as it looked roughly 382 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 2934Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 2928Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 2943Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 570Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 572Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 571Barred spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2928Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 2943Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 570Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 572Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 571Barred spiral31 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).