NGC 1124
NGC 1124
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
309 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 309 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1124 as it looked roughly 309 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 1876Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 1899Lenticular30 million ly
apartIC 1860Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 1232ABarred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 951Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 1858Lenticular40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1899Lenticular30 million ly
apartIC 1860Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 1232ABarred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 951Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 1858Lenticular40 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).