NGC 3136A
NGC 3136A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · IB
94 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 94 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3136A as it looked roughly 94 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 3136BElliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2836Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3136Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 2788Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3620Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2822Elliptical20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2836Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3136Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 2788Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3620Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2822Elliptical20 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).