IC 145
IC 145
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
596 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 596 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 145 as it looked roughly 596 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 177Barred spiral61 million ly
apartNGC 758Lenticular61 million ly
apartIC 186ALenticular61 million ly
apartIC 87Barred spiral63 million ly
apartIC 185Spiral64 million ly
apartNGC 500Elliptical66 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 758Lenticular61 million ly
apartIC 186ALenticular61 million ly
apartIC 87Barred spiral63 million ly
apartIC 185Spiral64 million ly
apartNGC 500Elliptical66 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).