NGC 4525
NGC 4525
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
55 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
32k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 55 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4525 as it looked roughly 55 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 3334Irregular2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4359Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartIC 3571Irregular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4173Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4283Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4670Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4359Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartIC 3571Irregular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4173Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4283Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4670Barred spiral5.6 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).