IC 52
IC 52
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
91 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
25k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 91 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 52 as it looked roughly 91 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 448Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 450Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 520 NED01Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 490Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 275Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 525Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 450Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 520 NED01Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 490Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 275Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 525Lenticular20 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).