NGC 845
NGC 845
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
207 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 207 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 845 as it looked roughly 207 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 841Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 834Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 818Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 705Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 759Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 714Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 834Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 818Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 705Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 759Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 714Lenticular15 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).