IC 1886
IC 1886
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
408 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
132k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 408 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1886 as it looked roughly 408 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 1221Lenticular1.6 million ly
apartNGC 1223Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1239Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1225Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1287Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 1202Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1223Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1239Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1225Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1287Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 1202Barred spiral24 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).