IC 2725
IC 2725
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
1.2 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
165k ly
across
17.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.2 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 2725 as it looked roughly 1.2 billion 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 2771Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 2788Galaxy40 million ly
apartIC 2734Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 2845Lenticular58 million ly
apartIC 2900Barred spiral59 million ly
apartIC 2864Spiral79 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2788Galaxy40 million ly
apartIC 2734Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 2845Lenticular58 million ly
apartIC 2900Barred spiral59 million ly
apartIC 2864Spiral79 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).