NGC 2745
NGC 2745
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
169 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 169 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2745 as it looked roughly 169 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 2741Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 2744 NED02Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 2730Spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 528Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2673Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2667Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2744 NED02Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 2730Spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 528Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2673Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2667Spiral21 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).