NGC 6545
NGC 6545
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
198 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 198 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6545 as it looked roughly 198 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 4680Spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 4674Spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 6492Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4749Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 6614Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 4731Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4674Spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 6492Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4749Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 6614Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 4731Lenticular14 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).