NGC 1345
NGC 1345
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
72 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
28k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 72 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1345 as it looked roughly 72 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 1297Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 1353Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 1300Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 1332Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1440Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 1405Lenticular5.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1353Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 1300Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 1332Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1440Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 1405Lenticular5.8 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).