IC 4045
IC 4045
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
325 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 325 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4045 as it looked roughly 325 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 4030Lenticular1.9 million ly
apartNGC 4944Spiral3.8 million ly
apartIC 3959Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4926ALenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4848Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4898AElliptical4.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4944Spiral3.8 million ly
apartIC 3959Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4926ALenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4848Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4898AElliptical4.7 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).