NGC 2525
NGC 2525
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
74 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 74 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2525 as it looked roughly 74 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 2517Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 2612Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartNGC 2613Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2665Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2690Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2566Barred spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2612Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartNGC 2613Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2665Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2690Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2566Barred spiral19 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).