IC 732N
IC 732N
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
337 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 337 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 732N as it looked roughly 337 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 732SLenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 3875Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3840Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 3883Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 3929Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartNGC 3884Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3875Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3840Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 3883Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 3929Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartNGC 3884Spiral14 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).