NGC 1232
NGC 1232
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
78 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
155k ly
across
10.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 78 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1232 as it looked roughly 78 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 1315Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 1179Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1325Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1300Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 1255Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 1297Elliptical7.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1179Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1325Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1300Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 1255Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 1297Elliptical7.3 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).