NGC 1352
NGC 1352
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
204 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 204 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1352 as it looked roughly 204 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 1391Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 1329Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 1394Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartNGC 1402Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 1928Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1388Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1329Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 1394Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartNGC 1402Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 1928Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1388Elliptical13 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).