NGC 6052 NED01
NGC 6052 NED01
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
218 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 218 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6052 NED01 as it looked roughly 218 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 6027CBarred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 6028Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 6060Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6008Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6027ELenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 6027Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6028Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 6060Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6008Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6027ELenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 6027Lenticular14 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).