NGC 4752
NGC 4752
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
525 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
145k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 525 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4752 as it looked roughly 525 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 3731Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 840Spiral39 million ly
apartIC 845Elliptical41 million ly
apartIC 3985Spiral61 million ly
apartIC 3128ASpiral79 million ly
apartIC 3068Barred spiral83 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 840Spiral39 million ly
apartIC 845Elliptical41 million ly
apartIC 3985Spiral61 million ly
apartIC 3128ASpiral79 million ly
apartIC 3068Barred spiral83 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).