NGC 6252
NGC 6252
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
303 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 303 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6252 as it looked roughly 303 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 1143Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 1139Galaxy14 million ly
apartNGC 6251Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 5712Elliptical36 million ly
apartIC 4470Barred spiral37 million ly
apartPolarissima BorealisLenticular41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1139Galaxy14 million ly
apartNGC 6251Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 5712Elliptical36 million ly
apartIC 4470Barred spiral37 million ly
apartPolarissima BorealisLenticular41 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).