NGC 2124
NGC 2124
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
138 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
114k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 138 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2124 as it looked roughly 138 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 2073Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartIC 2143Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2089Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 438Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2179Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 2151Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2143Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2089Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 438Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2179Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 2151Barred spiral11 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).