IC 545
IC 545
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
284 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 284 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 545 as it looked roughly 284 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 2930Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 2435Elliptical34 million ly
apartNGC 3068Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 2789Lenticular36 million ly
apartIC 2551Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 2444Lenticular42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2435Elliptical34 million ly
apartNGC 3068Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 2789Lenticular36 million ly
apartIC 2551Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 2444Lenticular42 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).