NGC 4332
NGC 4332
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
129 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 129 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4332 as it looked roughly 129 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 4210Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 4510Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4441Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 4238Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4545Spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 836Spiral9.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4510Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4441Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 4238Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4545Spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 836Spiral9.4 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).