NGC 1445
NGC 1445
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
456 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 456 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1445 as it looked roughly 456 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 1447Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1434Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1363Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1472Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 350Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 1364Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1434Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1363Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1472Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 350Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 1364Spiral22 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).