NGC 5452
NGC 5452
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
96 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 96 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5452 as it looked roughly 96 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 5323Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4589Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 4572Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4127Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3752Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 4291Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4589Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 4572Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4127Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3752Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 4291Elliptical16 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).