NGC 127
NGC 127
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
189 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 189 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 127 as it looked roughly 189 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 126Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 202Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 170Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 193Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 17Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 196Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 202Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 170Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 193Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 17Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 196Lenticular14 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).