NGC 4032
NGC 4032
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
59 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
23k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 59 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4032 as it looked roughly 59 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 4350Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartIC 783Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartIC 3227Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartIC 3032Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartIC 3054Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 4344Lenticular7.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 783Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartIC 3227Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartIC 3032Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartIC 3054Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 4344Lenticular7.8 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).