NGC 1632
NGC 1632
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
233 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 233 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1632 as it looked roughly 233 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 382Spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 1646Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 389Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1614Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1648Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 384Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1646Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 389Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1614Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1648Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 384Elliptical17 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).