NGC 5052
NGC 5052
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
307 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 307 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5052 as it looked roughly 307 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 5081Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 4983Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5004BBarred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4238Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5032Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5025Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4983Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5004BBarred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4238Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5032Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5025Barred spiral17 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).