NGC 3436
NGC 3436
NGC 3436 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Leo about 305 million ly from Earth. It spans roughly 76,000 ly, about 76% of our Milky Way's width. The light reaching us tonight left it about 305 million years ago.
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
305 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 305 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3436 as it looked roughly 305 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 3417Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 3462Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 3441Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 3425Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 3427Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 3438Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3462Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 3441Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 3425Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 3427Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 3438Elliptical13 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).