NGC 4436
NGC 4436
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
52 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
25k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 52 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4436 as it looked roughly 52 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 4429Lenticular1.2 million ly
apartVirgo AElliptical1.7 million ly
apartNGC 4390Spiral2.1 million ly
apartIC 3583Irregular2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4564Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 4302Spiral2.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartVirgo AElliptical1.7 million ly
apartNGC 4390Spiral2.1 million ly
apartIC 3583Irregular2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4564Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 4302Spiral2.5 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).