NGC 3052
NGC 3052
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
176 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 176 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3052 as it looked roughly 176 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 3091Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 3076Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3085Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 3072Lenticular9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3124Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3028Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3076Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3085Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 3072Lenticular9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3124Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3028Barred spiral13 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).