IC 825
IC 825
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
71 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
13k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 71 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 825 as it looked roughly 71 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 4720Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartNGC 4731Barred spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4775Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4684Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4813Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4678Spiral5.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4731Barred spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4775Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4684Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4813Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4678Spiral5.4 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).