NGC 2936
NGC 2936
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
336 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 336 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2936 as it looked roughly 336 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 2897Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2898Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 2877Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 2878Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2937Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 3015Lenticular26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2898Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 2877Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 2878Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2937Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 3015Lenticular26 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).