NGC 936
NGC 936
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
57 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
10.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 57 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 936 as it looked roughly 57 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 1073Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 1068Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 961Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 1035Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 1047Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 1110Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1068Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 961Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 1035Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 1047Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 1110Barred spiral10 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).