NGC 132
NGC 132
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
248 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
115k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 248 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 132 as it looked roughly 248 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 125Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 117Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 182Spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 198Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 40Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 203Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 117Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 182Spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 198Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 40Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 203Lenticular12 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).