NGC 3752
NGC 3752
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
89 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 89 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3752 as it looked roughly 89 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 4127Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3329Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4589Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartNGC 4291Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 4159Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 4386Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3329Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4589Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartNGC 4291Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 4159Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 4386Lenticular11 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).