NGC 3625
NGC 3625
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
90 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 90 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3625 as it looked roughly 90 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 3530Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 3669Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3613Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 3674Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 3589Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3440Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3669Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3613Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 3674Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 3589Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3440Barred spiral5.8 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).