IC 245
IC 245
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
215 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 215 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 245 as it looked roughly 215 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 1045Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1006Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1818Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 981Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 977Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1011Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1006Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1818Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 981Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 977Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1011Spiral15 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).