NGC 1725
NGC 1725
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
182 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 182 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1725 as it looked roughly 182 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 1728Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1723Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1726Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 1730Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1752Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1720Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1723Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1726Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 1730Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1752Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1720Barred spiral17 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).