IC 936
IC 936
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
977 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
17.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 977 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 936 as it looked roughly 977 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 929Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 923Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 922Elliptical47 million ly
apartIC 4285Galaxy170 million ly
apartNGC 5391Elliptical180 million ly
apartIC 4284Spiral190 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 923Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 922Elliptical47 million ly
apartIC 4285Galaxy170 million ly
apartNGC 5391Elliptical180 million ly
apartIC 4284Spiral190 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).