NGC 4545
NGC 4545
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
123 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 123 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4545 as it looked roughly 123 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 4441Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 4510Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4512Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4238Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 4256Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 4210Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4510Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4512Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4238Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 4256Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 4210Barred spiral7.8 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).