IC 345
IC 345
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
62 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
16k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 62 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 345 as it looked roughly 62 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 1390Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 1331Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1461Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 1426Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 1362Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartIC 1898Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1331Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1461Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 1426Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 1362Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartIC 1898Barred spiral9.0 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).