NGC 2952
NGC 2952
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sd
435 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 435 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2952 as it looked roughly 435 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 542Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 3133Barred spiral57 million ly
apartIC 579Barred spiral57 million ly
apartNGC 3139Lenticular62 million ly
apartNGC 2956Barred spiral70 million ly
apartNGC 3141Spiral82 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3133Barred spiral57 million ly
apartIC 579Barred spiral57 million ly
apartNGC 3139Lenticular62 million ly
apartNGC 2956Barred spiral70 million ly
apartNGC 3141Spiral82 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).