NGC 120
NGC 120
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
190 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 190 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 120 as it looked roughly 190 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 124Spiral1.3 million ly
apartNGC 113Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 145Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 127Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 196Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 126Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 113Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 145Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 127Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 196Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 126Lenticular15 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).