NGC 836
NGC 836
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
204 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 204 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 836 as it looked roughly 204 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 823Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 1768Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 872Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 775Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 686Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 887Spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1768Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 872Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 775Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 686Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 887Spiral23 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).