NGC 325
NGC 325
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
256 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 256 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 325 as it looked roughly 256 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 327Barred spiral680,000 ly
apartNGC 268Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 347Galaxy9.4 million ly
apartNGC 329Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 293Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 352Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 268Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 347Galaxy9.4 million ly
apartNGC 329Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 293Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 352Barred spiral13 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).