NGC 432
NGC 432
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
376 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
144k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 376 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 432 as it looked roughly 376 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 646 NED02Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 646 NED01Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 215Elliptical45 million ly
apartNGC 212Elliptical47 million ly
apartNGC 159Lenticular54 million ly
apartNGC 119Elliptical56 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 646 NED01Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 215Elliptical45 million ly
apartNGC 212Elliptical47 million ly
apartNGC 159Lenticular54 million ly
apartNGC 119Elliptical56 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).