NGC 536
NGC 536
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
242 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
206k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 242 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 536 as it looked roughly 242 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 1675Spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 515Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 553Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartIC 1679Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartIC 1688Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartIC 1673Elliptical9.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 515Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 553Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartIC 1679Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartIC 1688Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartIC 1673Elliptical9.6 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).