NGC 2325
NGC 2325
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
100 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
11.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 100 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2325 as it looked roughly 100 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 2292Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 2293Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 2272Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 2280Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2380Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 456Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2293Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 2272Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 2280Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2380Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 456Lenticular19 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).