NGC 1436
NGC 1436
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
61 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 61 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1436 as it looked roughly 61 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 1387Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartNGC 1374Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 1379Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 1373Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 1460Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 1351ABarred spiral4.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1374Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 1379Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 1373Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 1460Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 1351ABarred spiral4.1 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).