IC 25
IC 25
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
272 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 272 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 25 as it looked roughly 272 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 1571Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1557Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 161Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 12Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 78BLenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 219Elliptical22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1557Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 161Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 12Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 78BLenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 219Elliptical22 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).