NGC 1875
NGC 1875
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
426 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 426 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1875 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 404Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 1690Elliptical64 million ly
apartIC 2112Galaxy86 million ly
apartIC 383Elliptical89 million ly
apartNGC 1661Barred spiral91 million ly
apartIC 2057Spiral130 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1690Elliptical64 million ly
apartIC 2112Galaxy86 million ly
apartIC 383Elliptical89 million ly
apartNGC 1661Barred spiral91 million ly
apartIC 2057Spiral130 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).