NGC 545
NGC 545
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
249 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
218k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 249 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 545 as it looked roughly 249 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 538Barred spiral1.4 million ly
apartNGC 519Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 548Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartNGC 543Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 541Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 560Lenticular7.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 519Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 548Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartNGC 543Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 541Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 560Lenticular7.1 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).