NGC 2945
NGC 2945
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
216 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 216 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2945 as it looked roughly 216 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 2924Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 2989Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 546Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 3096Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 3028Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 2851Lenticular33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2989Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 546Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 3096Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 3028Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 2851Lenticular33 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).