NGC 5852
NGC 5852
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
311 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 311 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5852 as it looked roughly 311 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 5851Spiral9.8 million ly
apartIC 1092Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 1118Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 1086Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 5926Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1117Spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1092Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 1118Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 1086Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 5926Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1117Spiral31 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).