NGC 7545
NGC 7545
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
98 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 98 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7545 as it looked roughly 98 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 7418ASpiral7.1 million ly
apartIC 5269Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartIC 5264Spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 5270Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 7404Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 7307Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5269Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartIC 5264Spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 5270Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 7404Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 7307Spiral14 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).