NGC 2152
NGC 2152
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
397 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
129k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 397 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2152 as it looked roughly 397 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 2115BLenticular72 million ly
apartNGC 2115AElliptical73 million ly
apartNGC 2205Elliptical82 million ly
apartNGC 2008Spiral89 million ly
apartNGC 2178Elliptical90 million ly
apartNGC 1796ASpiral93 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2115AElliptical73 million ly
apartNGC 2205Elliptical82 million ly
apartNGC 2008Spiral89 million ly
apartNGC 2178Elliptical90 million ly
apartNGC 1796ASpiral93 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).