NGC 1125
NGC 1125
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
154 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 154 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1125 as it looked roughly 154 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 1114Spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 285Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1196Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 276Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1182Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1892Barred spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 285Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1196Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 276Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1182Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1892Barred spiral27 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).