NGC 336
NGC 336
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
223 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 223 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 336 as it looked roughly 223 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 320Lenticular35 million ly
apartIC 16Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 341Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 335Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 195Spiral40 million ly
apartIC 1610Lenticular41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 16Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 341Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 335Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 195Spiral40 million ly
apartIC 1610Lenticular41 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).