NGC 4936
NGC 4936
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
143 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
10.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 143 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4936 as it looked roughly 143 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
IC 844Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartIC 3829Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5063Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4831Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 3813Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 4197Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3829Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5063Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4831Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 3813Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 4197Elliptical17 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).