NGC 3252
NGC 3252
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBcd
53 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
29k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 53 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3252 as it looked roughly 53 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 3027Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 3403Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 2985Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 4133Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2715Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3359Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3403Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 2985Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 4133Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2715Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3359Spiral11 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).