NGC 4532
NGC 4532
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
96 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 96 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4532 as it looked roughly 96 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 3617Irregular3.4 million ly
apartIC 3430Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4535Spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 3562Irregular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4598Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4269Lenticular6.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3430Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4535Spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 3562Irregular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4598Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4269Lenticular6.2 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).