NGC 124
NGC 124
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
191 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 191 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 124 as it looked roughly 191 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 120Lenticular1.3 million ly
apartNGC 113Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 145Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 196Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 245Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 237Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 113Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 145Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 196Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 245Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 237Spiral15 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).