IC 1986
IC 1986
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sm
72 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
27k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 72 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1986 as it looked roughly 72 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 2009Irregular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 1476Spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 2035Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 1437BSpiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1419Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1369Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1476Spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 2035Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 1437BSpiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1419Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1369Lenticular13 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).