IC 836
IC 836
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
129 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 129 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 836 as it looked roughly 129 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 4510Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4545Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 4441Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 4332Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4238Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 4210Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4545Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 4441Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 4332Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4238Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 4210Barred spiral11 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).