NGC 4832
NGC 4832
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
170 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
106k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 170 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4832 as it looked roughly 170 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 4696CBarred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 4706Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4683Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 4767BBarred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 4603ABarred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4507Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4706Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4683Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 4767BBarred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 4603ABarred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4507Spiral13 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).