NGC 6536
NGC 6536
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
365 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
121k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 365 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6536 as it looked roughly 365 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 6552Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6516Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 6457Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6521Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 6471 NED01Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6534Galaxy23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6516Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 6457Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6521Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 6471 NED01Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6534Galaxy23 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).