NGC 6452
NGC 6452
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
414 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 414 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6452 as it looked roughly 414 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 6308Spiral63 million ly
apartNGC 6486Elliptical73 million ly
apartIC 1255Barred spiral74 million ly
apartNGC 6330Barred spiral81 million ly
apartNGC 6487Elliptical82 million ly
apartIC 4623Barred spiral100 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6486Elliptical73 million ly
apartIC 1255Barred spiral74 million ly
apartNGC 6330Barred spiral81 million ly
apartNGC 6487Elliptical82 million ly
apartIC 4623Barred spiral100 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).