NGC 2732
NGC 2732
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
91 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 91 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2732 as it looked roughly 91 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 467Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 3329Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 2636Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartIC 499Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2634ABarred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 455Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3329Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 2636Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartIC 499Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2634ABarred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 455Lenticular11 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).