NGC 7636
NGC 7636
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
321 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 321 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7636 as it looked roughly 321 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 7645Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartIC 5326Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 5290Spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 7498Spiral55 million ly
apartNGC 7812Spiral55 million ly
apartIC 5349 NED01Lenticular57 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5326Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 5290Spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 7498Spiral55 million ly
apartNGC 7812Spiral55 million ly
apartIC 5349 NED01Lenticular57 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).