IC 2486
IC 2486
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
638 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
171k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 638 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2486 as it looked roughly 638 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 2483Barred spiral67 million ly
apartIC 2496Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 2508Elliptical110 million ly
apartIC 2497Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 2502Spiral120 million ly
apartIC 2503Barred spiral120 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2496Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 2508Elliptical110 million ly
apartIC 2497Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 2502Spiral120 million ly
apartIC 2503Barred spiral120 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).