NGC 425
NGC 425
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
299 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 299 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 425 as it looked roughly 299 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
IC 1647Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 393Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 477Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 498Galaxy31 million ly
apartNGC 496Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 503Lenticular37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 393Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 477Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 498Galaxy31 million ly
apartNGC 496Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 503Lenticular37 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).