NGC 236
NGC 236
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
263 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 263 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 236 as it looked roughly 263 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 204Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 40Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 219Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 223Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 1571Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 198Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 40Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 219Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 223Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 1571Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 198Spiral18 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).