NGC 3652
NGC 3652
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
93 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 93 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3652 as it looked roughly 93 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 3665Lenticular1.8 million ly
apartNGC 3658Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartNGC 3648Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3694Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 2957Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 3442Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3658Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartNGC 3648Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3694Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 2957Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 3442Spiral16 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).