NGC 3536
NGC 3536
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
507 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
124k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 507 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3536 as it looked roughly 507 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 3563ALenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 3570Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 3550 NED02Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 3550 NED01Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 2626Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3534BBarred spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3570Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 3550 NED02Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 3550 NED01Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 2626Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3534BBarred spiral29 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).