NGC 4325
NGC 4325
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
356 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
127k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 356 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4325 as it looked roughly 356 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 4320Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 3347Spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 3170Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 3209Spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 3284Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 3147 NED02Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3347Spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 3170Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 3209Spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 3284Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 3147 NED02Lenticular11 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).