NGC 3232
NGC 3232
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
292 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 292 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3232 as it looked roughly 292 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 3234Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartIC 2572Spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 2583Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3209Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 2590Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 3270Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2572Spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 2583Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3209Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 2590Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 3270Spiral18 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).