NGC 745 NED03
NGC 745 NED03
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
283 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 283 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 745 NED03 as it looked roughly 283 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 754Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartNGC 745 NED01Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 782Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 795Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 852Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 1025Barred spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 745 NED01Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 782Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 795Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 852Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 1025Barred spiral34 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).