NGC 2545
NGC 2545
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
158 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 158 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2545 as it looked roughly 158 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
NGC 2565Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 2607Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 2628Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 2575Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2619Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 2269Barred spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2607Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 2628Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 2575Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2619Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 2269Barred spiral30 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).