NGC 1536
NGC 1536
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
61 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 61 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1536 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 1546Lenticular1.6 million ly
apartIC 2058Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 1549Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 1553Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1672Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1543Lenticular6.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2058Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 1549Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 1553Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1672Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1543Lenticular6.6 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).