NGC 6845A
NGC 6845A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
299 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 299 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6845A as it looked roughly 299 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 6845BBarred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6845CLenticular19 million ly
apartIC 4983Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 4923Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 6878Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 6845DLenticular34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6845CLenticular19 million ly
apartIC 4983Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 4923Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 6878Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 6845DLenticular34 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).