NGC 7232
NGC 7232
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
89 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 89 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7232 as it looked roughly 89 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 7233Lenticular660,000 ly
apartIC 5181Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 7145Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartIC 5224Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 7144Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 7213Spiral7.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5181Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 7145Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartIC 5224Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 7144Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 7213Spiral7.5 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).