NGC 1126
NGC 1126
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
343 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 343 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1126 as it looked roughly 343 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 264Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1132Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 1019Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 1020Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 1043Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 1007Galaxy32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1132Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 1019Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 1020Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 1043Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 1007Galaxy32 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).