SDSS-J32550+5760
- Distance
- 1,419 Mly
- Morphology
- spiral
- Constellation
- Libra
- Right Asc.
- 325.502°
- Declination
- 57.604°
- Catalog
- SDSS
About SDSS-J32550+5760
SDSS J32550+5760 is a spiral galaxy located approximately 1,419 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Libra. Its coordinates in the sky are right ascension 325.502° and declination 57.604°, and it is catalogued in the SDSS.
The light reaching Earth from SDSS J32550+5760 today left the galaxy roughly 1,419 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 J32550+5760 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.