NGC 7825
NGC 7825
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
375 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 375 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7825 as it looked roughly 375 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 7811Irregular23 million ly
apartIC 1527Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 7783 NED02Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 7783 NED01Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 7797Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 5374Spiral43 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1527Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 7783 NED02Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 7783 NED01Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 7797Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 5374Spiral43 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).