NGC 7823
NGC 7823
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
213 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 213 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7823 as it looked roughly 213 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 53Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 5322Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 434ALenticular36 million ly
apartIC 1597Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 434Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 5323Lenticular37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5322Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 434ALenticular36 million ly
apartIC 1597Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 434Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 5323Lenticular37 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).