Galaxy · Spiral
IC 5025
IC 5025 is a galaxy in the direction of the constellation Octans, 303.0 million light-years away.
| Type | Spiral |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Octans |
| Distance | 303.0 million light-years (92.90 Mpc) |
| Diameter | 148,300 light-years · 1.7 × the Milky Way |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude −20.96 |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 13.88 |
| Luminosity | 1.1 × the Milky Way |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 20h 44m 59.1s |
| Declination (J2000) | −76° 59′ 05″ |
| Source | 2MASS Redshift Survey (Huchra et al. 2012) |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 13.88. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 13° N. South of latitude 13° S it never sets.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out 303 million years ago. At that time complex animals were spreading through the seas and over the land; there were no dinosaurs yet. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5,375.0 billion years.