IC 332
IC 332
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
435 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
123k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 435 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 332 as it looked roughly 435 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 1931Galaxy7.5 million ly
apartIC 330Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1967Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 322Galaxy22 million ly
apartIC 1930Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 1918Barred spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 330Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1967Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 322Galaxy22 million ly
apartIC 1930Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 1918Barred spiral27 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).