NGC 825
NGC 825
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
162 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
97k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 162 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 825 as it looked roughly 162 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 1776Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 827Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 208Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 211Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 851Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 781Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 827Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 208Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 211Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 851Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 781Spiral19 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).