NGC 4432
NGC 4432
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
298 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 298 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4432 as it looked roughly 298 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 4518Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 3255Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 4360BSpiral24 million ly
apartIC 3754Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 3638Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 3156Barred spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3255Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 4360BSpiral24 million ly
apartIC 3754Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 3638Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 3156Barred spiral29 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).