NGC 4845
NGC 4845
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
52 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
11.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 52 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4845 as it looked roughly 52 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 4771Spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 4772Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4904Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4629Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4592Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4691Lenticular5.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4772Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4904Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4629Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4592Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4691Lenticular5.1 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).