NGC 52
NGC 52
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
252 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
166k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 252 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 52 as it looked roughly 252 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 57Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 99Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 90Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 93Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 79Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 109Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 99Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 90Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 93Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 79Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 109Spiral19 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).