IC 325
IC 325
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
544 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
131k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 544 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 325 as it looked roughly 544 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 1450Elliptical43 million ly
apartIC 352Lenticular75 million ly
apartNGC 1206Elliptical81 million ly
apartNGC 1434Lenticular84 million ly
apartNGC 1447Lenticular87 million ly
apartIC 1880Elliptical89 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 352Lenticular75 million ly
apartNGC 1206Elliptical81 million ly
apartNGC 1434Lenticular84 million ly
apartNGC 1447Lenticular87 million ly
apartIC 1880Elliptical89 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).