NGC 4352
NGC 4352
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
97 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 97 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4352 as it looked roughly 97 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
IC 3220Elliptical1.3 million ly
apartIC 3358Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartIC 3509Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartIC 3074Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 3430Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartIC 3562Irregular5.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3358Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartIC 3509Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartIC 3074Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 3430Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartIC 3562Irregular5.5 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).