NGC 7432
NGC 7432
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
352 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
161k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 352 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7432 as it looked roughly 352 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 7442Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7390Galaxy18 million ly
apartNGC 7386Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 7385Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 7389Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7374BElliptical23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7390Galaxy18 million ly
apartNGC 7386Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 7385Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 7389Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7374BElliptical23 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).