NGC 2752
NGC 2752
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
413 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
209k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 413 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2752 as it looked roughly 413 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 2761Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 2774Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 2794Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2802Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 2454Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 2803Elliptical21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2774Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 2794Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2802Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 2454Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 2803Elliptical21 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).