IC 2952
IC 2952
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
450 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 450 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2952 as it looked roughly 450 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 726Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3871Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3847Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartIC 729Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3881Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3878Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3871Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3847Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartIC 729Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3881Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3878Elliptical15 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).