NGC 6036
NGC 6036
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
259 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 259 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6036 as it looked roughly 259 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 6037Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 6081Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 6100Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 6172Elliptical38 million ly
apartIC 1196Spiral43 million ly
apartIC 1199Barred spiral46 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6081Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 6100Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 6172Elliptical38 million ly
apartIC 1196Spiral43 million ly
apartIC 1199Barred spiral46 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).