IC 1086
IC 1086
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
298 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 298 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1086 as it looked roughly 298 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
IC 1096Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 1097Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1075Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1076Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5851Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 5852Lenticular27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1097Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1075Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1076Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5851Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 5852Lenticular27 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).