NGC 3236
NGC 3236
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
433 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 433 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3236 as it looked roughly 433 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 3168Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3408Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 3284Elliptical57 million ly
apartNGC 3288Spiral58 million ly
apartNGC 2895Barred spiral62 million ly
apartNGC 3188ABarred spiral67 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3408Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 3284Elliptical57 million ly
apartNGC 3288Spiral58 million ly
apartNGC 2895Barred spiral62 million ly
apartNGC 3188ABarred spiral67 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).