NGC 523
NGC 523
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
227 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
166k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 227 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 523 as it looked roughly 227 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 512Spiral1.4 million ly
apartNGC 528Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartIC 1683Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 529Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 507Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 501Elliptical5.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 528Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartIC 1683Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 529Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 507Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 501Elliptical5.5 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).