NGC 1052
NGC 1052
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
69 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
11.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 69 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1052 as it looked roughly 69 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 1022Barred spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 988Spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 1084Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 991Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 1042Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1140Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 988Spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 1084Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 991Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 1042Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1140Barred spiral4.7 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).