NGC 1032
NGC 1032
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
125 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
130k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 125 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1032 as it looked roughly 125 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 1015Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 1090Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 1121Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartIC 277Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1137Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1222Elliptical21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1090Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 1121Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartIC 277Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1137Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1222Elliptical21 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).