NGC 245
NGC 245
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
192 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 192 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 245 as it looked roughly 192 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 271Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 259Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 237Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 307Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 196Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 279Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 259Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 237Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 307Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 196Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 279Lenticular12 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).