IC 4252
IC 4252
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
632 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
368k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 632 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4252 as it looked roughly 632 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
IC 4265Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4273Lenticular38 million ly
apartIC 4259Barred spiral45 million ly
apartIC 4294Barred spiral51 million ly
apartIC 4279Barred spiral55 million ly
apartIC 4281Spiral63 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4273Lenticular38 million ly
apartIC 4259Barred spiral45 million ly
apartIC 4294Barred spiral51 million ly
apartIC 4279Barred spiral55 million ly
apartIC 4281Spiral63 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).