NGC 125
NGC 125
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
248 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 248 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 125 as it looked roughly 248 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 132Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 117Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 182Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 198Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 203Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 40Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 117Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 182Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 198Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 203Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 40Barred spiral13 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).