NGC 2445
NGC 2445
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sm
185 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 185 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2445 as it looked roughly 185 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 2444Lenticular290,000 ly
apartNGC 2493Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 2528Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2476Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2524Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2415Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2493Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 2528Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2476Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2524Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2415Spiral16 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).