NGC 3636
NGC 3636
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
82 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 82 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3636 as it looked roughly 82 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 3637Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartIC 688Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 3732Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 3672Spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 3779Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 3892Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 688Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 3732Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 3672Spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 3779Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 3892Lenticular10 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).