NGC 1752
NGC 1752
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
168 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
144k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 168 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1752 as it looked roughly 168 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 1723Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 402Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 401Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1728Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2102Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1729Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 402Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 401Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1728Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2102Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1729Spiral15 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).