NGC 732
NGC 732
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
275 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 275 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 732 as it looked roughly 275 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 801Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 710Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 703Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 662Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 721Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 653Spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 710Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 703Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 662Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 721Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 653Spiral27 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).