NGC 7723
NGC 7723
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
87 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
11.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 87 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7723 as it looked roughly 87 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 7727Spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 7724Barred spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 7709Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 7721Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7606Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7406Barred spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7724Barred spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 7709Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 7721Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7606Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7406Barred spiral22 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).