NGC 1532
NGC 1532
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
55 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
179k ly
across
10.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 55 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1532 as it looked roughly 55 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 2041Lenticular2.8 million ly
apartNGC 1531Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1484Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 1993Spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 2040Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 1406Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1531Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1484Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 1993Spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 2040Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 1406Barred spiral7.7 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).