NGC 4952
NGC 4952
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
276 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
128k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 276 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4952 as it looked roughly 276 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 4896Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartIC 3991Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4907Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4873Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartIC 3946Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 4934Lenticular9.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3991Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4907Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4873Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartIC 3946Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 4934Lenticular9.9 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).