NGC 5845
NGC 5845
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
71 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
21k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 71 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5845 as it looked roughly 71 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 5774Spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 1067Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 1066Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5770Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5831Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 5740Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1067Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 1066Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5770Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5831Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 5740Barred spiral7.2 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).