NGC 232
NGC 232
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
312 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 312 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 232 as it looked roughly 312 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 235ALenticular1.6 million ly
apartNGC 230Spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 235BElliptical7.1 million ly
apartIC 1578Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1579Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 247DBarred spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 230Spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 235BElliptical7.1 million ly
apartIC 1578Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1579Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 247DBarred spiral29 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).