NGC 3032
NGC 3032
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
73 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 73 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3032 as it looked roughly 73 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 3011Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3026Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 2968Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 2970Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 3067Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3021Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3026Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 2968Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 2970Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 3067Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3021Barred spiral5.9 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).