NGC 1552
NGC 1552
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
233 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
121k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 233 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1552 as it looked roughly 233 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 1541Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 1568Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 1576Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 1618Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1612Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 1622Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1568Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 1576Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 1618Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1612Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 1622Spiral20 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).