NGC 745 NED01
NGC 745 NED01
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
278 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
142k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 278 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 745 NED01 as it looked roughly 278 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 745 NED03Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 754Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 782Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 795Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 852Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 1031Barred spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 754Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 782Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 795Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 852Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 1031Barred spiral33 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).