IC 2925
IC 2925
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
426 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 426 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2925 as it looked roughly 426 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 2933Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 3700Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3855Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 729Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 3881Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 3847Elliptical26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3700Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3855Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 729Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 3881Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 3847Elliptical26 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).