NGC 4036
NGC 4036
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
67 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
10.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 67 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4036 as it looked roughly 67 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 4205Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 4081Spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4125Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4391Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartIC 758Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4221Lenticular7.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4081Spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4125Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4391Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartIC 758Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4221Lenticular7.5 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).