NGC 128
NGC 128
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
205 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
188k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 205 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 128 as it looked roughly 205 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 130Elliptical420,000 ly
apartIC 17Elliptical2.4 million ly
apartNGC 173Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 170Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 126Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartNGC 193Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 17Elliptical2.4 million ly
apartNGC 173Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 170Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 126Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartNGC 193Elliptical11 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).