NGC 736
NGC 736
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
203 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 203 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 736 as it looked roughly 203 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 738Lenticular610,000 ly
apartNGC 739Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 769Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 714Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 740Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 688Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 739Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 769Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 714Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 740Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 688Barred spiral13 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).