NGC 636
NGC 636
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
86 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 86 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 636 as it looked roughly 86 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 615Barred spiral1.5 million ly
apartNGC 600Spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 596Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartNGC 584Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartIC 127Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 586Spiral4.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 600Spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 596Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartNGC 584Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartIC 127Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 586Spiral4.9 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).