NGC 6845D
NGC 6845D
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
333 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 333 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6845D as it looked roughly 333 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 6845CLenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 6845BBarred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4914Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 4909Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6845ABarred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 4923Lenticular38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6845BBarred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4914Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 4909Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6845ABarred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 4923Lenticular38 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).