NGC 1325
NGC 1325
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
75 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 75 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1325 as it looked roughly 75 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 1332Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartNGC 1300Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 1315Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 1353Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 1297Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1414Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1300Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 1315Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 1353Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 1297Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1414Barred spiral5.1 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).