NGC 345
NGC 345
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
246 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 246 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 345 as it looked roughly 246 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 329Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 352Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 327Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 325Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 347Galaxy15 million ly
apartNGC 268Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 352Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 327Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 325Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 347Galaxy15 million ly
apartNGC 268Barred spiral18 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).