NGC 2625
NGC 2625
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBcd
212 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
33k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 212 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2625 as it looked roughly 212 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 2643Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 2598Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2582Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2667BBarred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2414Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 2406Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2598Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2582Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2667BBarred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2414Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 2406Lenticular13 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).