IC 1932
IC 1932
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
563 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
154k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 563 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1932 as it looked roughly 563 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 1936Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 1356Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1916Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1946Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 1947Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 1958Spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1356Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1916Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1946Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 1947Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 1958Spiral29 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).