IC 1952
IC 1952
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
85 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 85 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1952 as it looked roughly 85 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 1347 NED01Spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 1953Spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 1962Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 1377Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1395Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 1412Lenticular7.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1953Spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 1962Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 1377Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1395Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 1412Lenticular7.5 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).