NGC 423
NGC 423
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
74 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
19k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 74 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 423 as it looked roughly 74 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 289Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 254Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 613Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 1555Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 578Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 150Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 254Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 613Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 1555Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 578Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 150Barred spiral11 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).