NGC 932
NGC 932
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
191 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
111k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 191 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 932 as it looked roughly 191 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 938Elliptical540,000 ly
apartIC 1801Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartIC 1797Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 935Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 992Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 976Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1801Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartIC 1797Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 935Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 992Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 976Barred spiral8.1 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).