NGC 2836
NGC 2836
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
79 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 79 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2836 as it looked roughly 79 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 2788Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 2822Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3136Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartNGC 3136BElliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 2788BBarred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2554Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2822Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3136Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartNGC 3136BElliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 2788BBarred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2554Barred spiral15 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).