IC 4545
IC 4545
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
125 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 125 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4545 as it looked roughly 125 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 4555Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 4333Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 5612Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5967ASpiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6438Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 4522Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4333Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 5612Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5967ASpiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6438Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 4522Barred spiral16 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).