NGC 673
NGC 673
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
241 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
124k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 241 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 673 as it looked roughly 241 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 683Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 162Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 675Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 677Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartIC 156Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 161Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 162Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 675Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 677Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartIC 156Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 161Lenticular11 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).