NGC 7536
NGC 7536
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
219 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 219 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7536 as it looked roughly 219 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 7570Spiral3.5 million ly
apartIC 5292Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 7559ALenticular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 7559BElliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 7535Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 7509Elliptical9.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5292Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 7559ALenticular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 7559BElliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 7535Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 7509Elliptical9.2 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).