NGC 6436
NGC 6436
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
295 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 295 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6436 as it looked roughly 295 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 6491Spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 6497Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6393Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6493Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6607Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6299Elliptical30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6497Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6393Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6493Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6607Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6299Elliptical30 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).