NGC 7123
NGC 7123
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
174 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
133k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 174 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7123 as it looked roughly 174 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 5116Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartIC 5106Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartIC 5158Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7216Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 5140Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 5252Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5106Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartIC 5158Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7216Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 5140Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 5252Barred spiral16 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).