NGC 7252
NGC 7252
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
221 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 221 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7252 as it looked roughly 221 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 7284Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 7225Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7285Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 5168Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 1443Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 7349Barred spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7225Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7285Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 5168Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 1443Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 7349Barred spiral22 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).