NGC 1625
NGC 1625
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
224 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
167k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 224 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1625 as it looked roughly 224 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 1622Spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 1618Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1600Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1610Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1576Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1645Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1618Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1600Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1610Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1576Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1645Lenticular11 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).