NGC 6623 NED02
NGC 6623 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
226 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 226 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6623 NED02 as it looked roughly 226 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 6593Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 6619Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartIC 4697Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6628Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 6571Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6632Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6619Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartIC 4697Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6628Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 6571Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6632Barred spiral16 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).