NGC 4723
NGC 4723
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABm
61 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
18k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 61 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4723 as it looked roughly 61 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 4722Lenticular730,000 ly
apartNGC 4856Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4742Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4781Spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4784Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 4790Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4856Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4742Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4781Spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4784Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 4790Barred spiral4.4 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).