NGC 652
NGC 652
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
246 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 246 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 652 as it looked roughly 246 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 1723Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 156Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 665Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 161Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 1726Galaxy16 million ly
apartIC 162Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 156Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 665Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 161Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 1726Galaxy16 million ly
apartIC 162Lenticular17 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).