NGC 1136
NGC 1136
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
261 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 261 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1136 as it looked roughly 261 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 1031Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 1935Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 795Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 1025Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 1997Spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 745 NED01Lenticular42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1935Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 795Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 1025Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 1997Spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 745 NED01Lenticular42 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).