NGC 4425
NGC 4425
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
89 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 89 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4425 as it looked roughly 89 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
IC 794Elliptical1.4 million ly
apartNGC 4461Lenticular1.5 million ly
apartNGC 4305Spiral2.4 million ly
apartIC 3478Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartNGC 4476Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4482Elliptical4.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4461Lenticular1.5 million ly
apartNGC 4305Spiral2.4 million ly
apartIC 3478Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartNGC 4476Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4482Elliptical4.0 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).