NGC 1132
NGC 1132
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
324 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
180k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 324 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1132 as it looked roughly 324 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 1126Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1104Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1856Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 264Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 1043Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 1094Spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1104Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1856Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 264Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 1043Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 1094Spiral26 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).