NGC 7052
NGC 7052
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
221 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 221 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7052 as it looked roughly 221 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 7080Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7053Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 5104Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7028Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 5119Spiral35 million ly
apartIC 1392Elliptical40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7053Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 5104Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7028Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 5119Spiral35 million ly
apartIC 1392Elliptical40 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).