IC 5145
IC 5145
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
343 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
162k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 343 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5145 as it looked roughly 343 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 1427Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 7195Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 7244Elliptical34 million ly
apartNGC 7236Elliptical39 million ly
apartNGC 7237Elliptical39 million ly
apartNGC 7194Elliptical42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7195Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 7244Elliptical34 million ly
apartNGC 7236Elliptical39 million ly
apartNGC 7237Elliptical39 million ly
apartNGC 7194Elliptical42 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).