NGC 4732
NGC 4732
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
462 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
162k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 462 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4732 as it looked roughly 462 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 5009Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 5001Barred spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 4181Elliptical47 million ly
apartNGC 4973Elliptical50 million ly
apartNGC 4967Elliptical52 million ly
apartNGC 4998Spiral53 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5001Barred spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 4181Elliptical47 million ly
apartNGC 4973Elliptical50 million ly
apartNGC 4967Elliptical52 million ly
apartNGC 4998Spiral53 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).