SDSS-J07625+5400
- Distance
- 146.5 Mly
- Morphology
- irregular
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Right Asc.
- 76.254°
- Declination
- 54.009°
- Catalog
- SDSS
About SDSS-J07625+5400
SDSS J07625+5400 is a irregular galaxy located approximately 146.5 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius. Its coordinates in the sky are right ascension 76.254° and declination 54.009°, and it is catalogued in the SDSS.
The light reaching Earth from SDSS J07625+5400 today left the galaxy roughly 146.5 million years ago. What you see in telescope imagery is a snapshot of the galaxy as it appeared before most of Earth’s mammalian history.
Through the Galactic Registry, you can symbolically dedicate SDSS J07625+5400 in a name, memory, or message of your choosing. Your dedication is filed permanently in our public registry and printed on an archival 12″×18″ cotton-stock certificate, shipped worldwide. This is not an official IAU renaming — only the International Astronomical Union can officially name celestial bodies — but it is a permanent symbolic act tied to a galaxy that demonstrably exists, can be pointed at from any observatory on Earth, and has been imaged by NASA, ESA, or a ground-based telescope.
