NGC 445
NGC 445
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
534 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
123k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 534 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 445 as it looked roughly 534 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 1629Galaxy52 million ly
apartNGC 435Spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 500Elliptical56 million ly
apartIC 87Barred spiral61 million ly
apartIC 61Lenticular67 million ly
apartIC 105Lenticular82 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 435Spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 500Elliptical56 million ly
apartIC 87Barred spiral61 million ly
apartIC 61Lenticular67 million ly
apartIC 105Lenticular82 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).