NGC 4045
NGC 4045
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
92 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 92 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4045 as it looked roughly 92 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 4234Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 4255Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 4268Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4197Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4215Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4269Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4255Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 4268Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4197Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4215Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4269Lenticular11 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).