NGC 4645B
NGC 4645B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
104 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 104 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4645B as it looked roughly 104 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 4696ABarred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4730Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 4988Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4835Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 4751Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 4661Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4730Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 4988Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4835Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 4751Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 4661Elliptical14 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).