IC 225
IC 225
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
72 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
21k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 72 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 225 as it looked roughly 72 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 955Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 941Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1087Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 864Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 963Irregular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 1022Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 941Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1087Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 864Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 963Irregular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 1022Barred spiral11 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).