NGC 4225
NGC 4225
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
242 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 242 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4225 as it looked roughly 242 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 4201Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 4484Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 761Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 4403Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 4524Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 4176Barred spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4484Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 761Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 4403Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 4524Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 4176Barred spiral25 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).