NGC 2832
NGC 2832
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
320 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
297k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 320 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2832 as it looked roughly 320 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 2834Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 2827Spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 2459Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartIC 2456Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartNGC 2829 NED02Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2823Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2827Spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 2459Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartIC 2456Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartNGC 2829 NED02Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2823Spiral12 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).