NGC 25
NGC 25
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
447 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
186k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 447 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 25 as it looked roughly 447 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 31Spiral1,000,000 ly
apartNGC 28Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartNGC 37Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 7652Spiral53 million ly
apartNGC 159Lenticular57 million ly
apartNGC 212Elliptical66 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 28Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartNGC 37Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 7652Spiral53 million ly
apartNGC 159Lenticular57 million ly
apartNGC 212Elliptical66 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).