NGC 1225
NGC 1225
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
425 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
153k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 425 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1225 as it looked roughly 425 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 1223Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 1886Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 1221Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1202Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1239Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 1287Spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1886Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 1221Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1202Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1239Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 1287Spiral32 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).