NGC 332
NGC 332
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
243 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
97k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 243 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 332 as it looked roughly 243 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 55Spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 1592Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 257Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 250Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 74Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 437Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1592Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 257Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 250Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 74Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 437Lenticular18 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).