NGC 532
NGC 532
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
106 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 106 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 532 as it looked roughly 106 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 509Lenticular1.1 million ly
apartIC 114Lenticular1.4 million ly
apartIC 101Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 485Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 525Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 524Lenticular6.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 114Lenticular1.4 million ly
apartIC 101Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 485Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 525Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 524Lenticular6.8 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).