IC 1945
IC 1945
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
856 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
202k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 856 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1945 as it looked roughly 856 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 1951Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1920Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1942 NED02Elliptical30 million ly
apartIC 1961Spiral59 million ly
apartIC 1974Spiral61 million ly
apartIC 1964Barred spiral63 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1920Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1942 NED02Elliptical30 million ly
apartIC 1961Spiral59 million ly
apartIC 1974Spiral61 million ly
apartIC 1964Barred spiral63 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).