NGC 4536
NGC 4536
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
84 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
173k ly
across
10.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 84 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4536 as it looked roughly 84 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 4581Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartNGC 4533Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4599Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4496ASpiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4409Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4632Spiral5.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4533Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4599Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4496ASpiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4409Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4632Spiral5.8 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).