NGC 6032
NGC 6032
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
201 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 201 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6032 as it looked roughly 201 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 6060Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 6027ELenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 6027Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 6027ALenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 6027BLenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 6020Elliptical7.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6027ELenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 6027Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 6027ALenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 6027BLenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 6020Elliptical7.3 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).