NGC 2532
NGC 2532
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
244 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
118k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 244 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2532 as it looked roughly 244 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 2211Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2207Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 2219Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 2217Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 2214Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 492Barred spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2207Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 2219Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 2217Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 2214Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 492Barred spiral34 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).