NGC 5124
NGC 5124
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
193 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
139k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 193 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5124 as it looked roughly 193 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 5135Spiral1.9 million ly
apartIC 4248Spiral2.0 million ly
apartIC 4272Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 5153Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5150Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 4275Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4248Spiral2.0 million ly
apartIC 4272Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 5153Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5150Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 4275Barred spiral12 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).