NGC 323
NGC 323
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
362 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
192k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 362 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 323 as it looked roughly 362 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 312Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 1615Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1617Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 328Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1650Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1605Barred spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1615Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1617Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 328Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1650Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1605Barred spiral30 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).