IC 252
IC 252
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
342 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 342 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 252 as it looked roughly 342 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 251Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartNGC 1065Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartIC 253Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartIC 254Galaxy11 million ly
apartNGC 989Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 1098Elliptical18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1065Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartIC 253Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartIC 254Galaxy11 million ly
apartNGC 989Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 1098Elliptical18 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).