NGC 4825
NGC 4825
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
203 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
159k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 203 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4825 as it looked roughly 203 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 4863Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartIC 3834Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4714Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartIC 3827Spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 3822Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 4792Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3834Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4714Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartIC 3827Spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 3822Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 4792Lenticular10 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).