IC 1752
IC 1752
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
492 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
16.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 492 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1752 as it looked roughly 492 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 1753Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 816Galaxy33 million ly
apartIC 1733Elliptical43 million ly
apartNGC 919Spiral57 million ly
apartIC 227Elliptical58 million ly
apartNGC 901Elliptical59 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 816Galaxy33 million ly
apartIC 1733Elliptical43 million ly
apartNGC 919Spiral57 million ly
apartIC 227Elliptical58 million ly
apartNGC 901Elliptical59 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).