NGC 2536
NGC 2536
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
192 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 192 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2536 as it looked roughly 192 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 2535Barred spiral1.4 million ly
apartIC 497Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 2554Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartIC 2248Spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 2269Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartIC 2247Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 497Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 2554Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartIC 2248Spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 2269Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartIC 2247Barred spiral12 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).