NGC 3936
NGC 3936
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
94 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
125k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 94 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3936 as it looked roughly 94 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 3885Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartIC 3010Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 4105Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartIC 764Spiral9.7 million ly
apartIC 3015Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartIC 2995Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3010Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 4105Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartIC 764Spiral9.7 million ly
apartIC 3015Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartIC 2995Barred spiral10 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).