NGC 6936
NGC 6936
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
274 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
145k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 274 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6936 as it looked roughly 274 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 6924Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 6993Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6947Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 5086Elliptical41 million ly
apartNGC 6841Elliptical50 million ly
apartIC 1321Barred spiral52 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6993Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6947Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 5086Elliptical41 million ly
apartNGC 6841Elliptical50 million ly
apartIC 1321Barred spiral52 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).