IC 445
IC 445
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
243 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 243 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 445 as it looked roughly 243 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 2256Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 451Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 450Lenticular34 million ly
apartIC 2179Elliptical44 million ly
apartNGC 2521Elliptical62 million ly
apartNGC 2258Lenticular63 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 451Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 450Lenticular34 million ly
apartIC 2179Elliptical44 million ly
apartNGC 2521Elliptical62 million ly
apartNGC 2258Lenticular63 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).