IC 352
IC 352
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
481 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 481 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 352 as it looked roughly 481 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 1434Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 1447Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1477Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 1475Galaxy19 million ly
apartNGC 1478Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 1472Lenticular23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1447Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1477Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 1475Galaxy19 million ly
apartNGC 1478Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 1472Lenticular23 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).