IC 36
IC 36
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
324 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
29k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 324 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 36 as it looked roughly 324 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
IC 27Galaxy14 million ly
apartNGC 263Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 28Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 135Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 102Lenticular30 million ly
apartIC 19Elliptical34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 263Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 28Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 135Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 102Lenticular30 million ly
apartIC 19Elliptical34 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).