IC 32
IC 32
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
769 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
139k ly
across
16.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 769 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 32 as it looked roughly 769 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
IC 33Galaxy8.8 million ly
apartIC 29Elliptical66 million ly
apartIC 21Barred spiral88 million ly
apartNGC 297Elliptical110 million ly
apartIC 1602Elliptical130 million ly
apartIC 15Barred spiral130 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 29Elliptical66 million ly
apartIC 21Barred spiral88 million ly
apartNGC 297Elliptical110 million ly
apartIC 1602Elliptical130 million ly
apartIC 15Barred spiral130 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).