IC 1186
IC 1186
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
489 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
111k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 489 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1186 as it looked roughly 489 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 1173Spiral3.0 million ly
apartIC 1185Spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 6055Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 6039Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartIC 1178Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 1190Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1185Spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 6055Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 6039Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartIC 1178Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 1190Spiral13 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).