NGC 2852
NGC 2852
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
85 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
23k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 85 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2852 as it looked roughly 85 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 2853Lenticular1.9 million ly
apartNGC 2799Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 2798Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 2712Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 2859Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 2780Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2799Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 2798Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 2712Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 2859Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 2780Barred spiral11 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).