NGC 1452
NGC 1452
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
86 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 86 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1452 as it looked roughly 86 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 343Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartNGC 1407Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 1482Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 1377Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartIC 1962Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartIC 346Lenticular5.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1407Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 1482Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 1377Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartIC 1962Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartIC 346Lenticular5.7 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).