NGC 1152
NGC 1152
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
247 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 247 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1152 as it looked roughly 247 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 1148Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1133Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 1216Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1285Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 1215Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 1238Elliptical24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1133Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 1216Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1285Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 1215Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 1238Elliptical24 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).