IC 952
IC 952
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
218 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 218 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 952 as it looked roughly 218 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 5335Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartIC 947Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 5374Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5418Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5382Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 966Lenticular21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 947Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 5374Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5418Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5382Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 966Lenticular21 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).