NGC 725
NGC 725
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
489 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
127k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 489 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 725 as it looked roughly 489 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 648Elliptical34 million ly
apartNGC 540Lenticular60 million ly
apartNGC 539Spiral65 million ly
apartIC 141Barred spiral69 million ly
apartIC 1745Lenticular69 million ly
apartNGC 555Lenticular73 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 540Lenticular60 million ly
apartNGC 539Spiral65 million ly
apartIC 141Barred spiral69 million ly
apartIC 1745Lenticular69 million ly
apartNGC 555Lenticular73 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).