NGC 7632
NGC 7632
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
72 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 72 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7632 as it looked roughly 72 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 7582Barred spiral2.1 million ly
apartIC 5325Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 7590Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 7531Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 7552Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 7496ABarred spiral4.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5325Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 7590Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 7531Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 7552Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 7496ABarred spiral4.2 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).