NGC 1236
NGC 1236
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
359 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 359 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1236 as it looked roughly 359 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 1168Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1166Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1867Galaxy26 million ly
apartIC 1868Galaxy27 million ly
apartIC 1863Lenticular29 million ly
apartIC 1865Barred spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1166Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1867Galaxy26 million ly
apartIC 1868Galaxy27 million ly
apartIC 1863Lenticular29 million ly
apartIC 1865Barred spiral31 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).