IC 745
IC 745
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
53 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
12k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 53 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 745 as it looked roughly 53 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 4179Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartIC 770Galaxy7.7 million ly
apartNGC 4123Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4376Irregular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4517Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 4423Spiral9.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 770Galaxy7.7 million ly
apartNGC 4123Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4376Irregular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4517Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 4423Spiral9.2 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).