NGC 4336
NGC 4336
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
49 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
22k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 49 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4336 as it looked roughly 49 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 4394Barred spiral2.5 million ly
apartIC 3313Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4379Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartIC 3065Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4302Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4344Lenticular5.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3313Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4379Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartIC 3065Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4302Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4344Lenticular5.6 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).