NGC 4145
NGC 4145
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
47 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
11.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 47 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4145 as it looked roughly 47 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 4369Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4217Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4203Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 4100Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 4283Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartNGC 4251Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4217Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4203Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 4100Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 4283Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartNGC 4251Lenticular10 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).