NGC 3124
NGC 3124
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
167 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
131k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 167 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3124 as it looked roughly 167 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 3091Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 3072Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3076Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 3171Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartNGC 3200Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3052Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3072Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3076Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 3171Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartNGC 3200Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3052Spiral13 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).