NGC 3425
NGC 3425
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
309 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 309 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3425 as it looked roughly 309 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 3436Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 3417Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 3462Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3441Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 3427Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3438Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3417Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 3462Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3441Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 3427Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3438Elliptical12 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).