NGC 452
NGC 452
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
233 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
135k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 233 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 452 as it looked roughly 233 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 420Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 444Spiral6.8 million ly
apartIC 1654Spiral7.1 million ly
apartIC 1666Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 468Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 398Lenticular8.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 444Spiral6.8 million ly
apartIC 1654Spiral7.1 million ly
apartIC 1666Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 468Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 398Lenticular8.7 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).