NGC 1145
NGC 1145
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
97 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 97 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1145 as it looked roughly 97 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 1076Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 1163Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 1309Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1179Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1231Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1359Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1163Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 1309Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1179Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1231Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1359Spiral16 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).