NGC 2332
NGC 2332
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
273 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
136k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 273 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2332 as it looked roughly 273 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 2340Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 2326Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 461Galaxy6.7 million ly
apartNGC 2320Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 2329Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartIC 459Galaxy9.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2326Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 461Galaxy6.7 million ly
apartNGC 2320Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 2329Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartIC 459Galaxy9.7 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).