NGC 4925
NGC 4925
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
161 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 161 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4925 as it looked roughly 161 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 4071Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4885Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4773Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4780Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 4777Spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 3812Spiral9.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4885Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4773Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4780Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 4777Spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 3812Spiral9.2 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).