NGC 7232A
NGC 7232A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
112 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 112 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7232A as it looked roughly 112 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 7166Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 7162Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 7162ASpiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 7232BBarred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7107Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7097Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7162Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 7162ASpiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 7232BBarred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7107Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7097Elliptical14 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).