NGC 1832
NGC 1832
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
90 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 90 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1832 as it looked roughly 90 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 2129Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1886Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1979Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 2076Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 2106Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 2137Spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1886Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1979Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 2076Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 2106Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 2137Spiral17 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).