NGC 3125
NGC 3125
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
52 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
18k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 52 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3125 as it looked roughly 52 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 3137Spiral980,000 ly
apartNGC 3113Spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 3175Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 2997Spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 2507Irregular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 2883Irregular9.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3113Spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 3175Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 2997Spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 2507Irregular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 2883Irregular9.3 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).