NGC 4323
NGC 4323
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
86 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
31k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 86 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4323 as it looked roughly 86 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 4450Spiral4.7 million ly
apartIC 3478Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4405Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 4425Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4165Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4461Lenticular5.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3478Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4405Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 4425Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4165Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4461Lenticular5.9 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).