IC 486
IC 486
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
374 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 374 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 486 as it looked roughly 374 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 484Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 482Spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 479Spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 2208Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 485Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 496Elliptical21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 482Spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 479Spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 2208Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 485Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 496Elliptical21 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).