IC 4325
IC 4325
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
178 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 178 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4325 as it looked roughly 178 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 5304Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 5302Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5215ALenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5150Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4296Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 5193Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5302Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5215ALenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5150Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4296Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 5193Elliptical16 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).