NGC 3545B
NGC 3545B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
404 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 404 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3545B as it looked roughly 404 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 2619Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 2615Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3545AElliptical14 million ly
apartIC 2620Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3542Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 2616Elliptical26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2615Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3545AElliptical14 million ly
apartIC 2620Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3542Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 2616Elliptical26 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).