NGC 2845
NGC 2845
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
118 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 118 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2845 as it looked roughly 118 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 2492Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 2904Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3087Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 2523Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 2510Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3001Barred spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2904Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3087Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 2523Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 2510Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3001Barred spiral19 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).