IC 1032
IC 1032
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
508 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 508 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1032 as it looked roughly 508 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
IC 1031Elliptical1.1 million ly
apartNGC 5683Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5723Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 5721Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 5722Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5717Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5683Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5723Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 5721Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 5722Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5717Lenticular15 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).