IC 123
IC 123
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
424 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 424 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 123 as it looked roughly 424 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
IC 121Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 103Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 1697Lenticular29 million ly
apartIC 109Lenticular31 million ly
apartIC 105Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 497Barred spiral52 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 103Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 1697Lenticular29 million ly
apartIC 109Lenticular31 million ly
apartIC 105Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 497Barred spiral52 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).