NGC 5436
NGC 5436
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
313 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 313 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5436 as it looked roughly 313 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 5438Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5405Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5437Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5482Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 5416Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5463Lenticular22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5405Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5437Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5482Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 5416Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5463Lenticular22 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).