NGC 4132
NGC 4132
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
186 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 186 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4132 as it looked roughly 186 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 4174Lenticular2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4196Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4175Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4131Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4185Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4169Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4196Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4175Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4131Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4185Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4169Lenticular10 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).