NGC 5252
NGC 5252
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
320 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 320 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5252 as it looked roughly 320 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 5246Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 5245Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 5261Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 5270Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5224Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 896Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5245Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 5261Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 5270Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5224Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 896Elliptical15 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).