NGC 2825
NGC 2825
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
371 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 371 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2825 as it looked roughly 371 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 2839Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2840Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 2473Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 2491Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 2478Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 2476Elliptical27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2840Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 2473Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 2491Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 2478Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 2476Elliptical27 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).