NGC 7124
NGC 7124
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
243 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
181k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 243 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7124 as it looked roughly 243 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 7118Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 5125Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7117Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 7038Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 7072ASpiral34 million ly
apartNGC 7014Elliptical35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5125Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7117Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 7038Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 7072ASpiral34 million ly
apartNGC 7014Elliptical35 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).