NGC 126
NGC 126
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
195 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
40k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 195 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 126 as it looked roughly 195 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 127Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartIC 17Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 170Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 128Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartNGC 193Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartNGC 130Elliptical10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 17Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 170Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 128Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartNGC 193Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartNGC 130Elliptical10 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).