NGC 252
NGC 252
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
233 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 233 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 252 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 260Spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 1584Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 43Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 243Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 311Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 46Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1584Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 43Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 243Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 311Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 46Elliptical15 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).