IC 4886
IC 4886
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
594 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
256k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 594 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4886 as it looked roughly 594 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 4925Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 4987Spiral55 million ly
apartIC 4932Spiral71 million ly
apartIC 4947Elliptical74 million ly
apartIC 4973Barred spiral98 million ly
apartIC 4917Lenticular100 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4987Spiral55 million ly
apartIC 4932Spiral71 million ly
apartIC 4947Elliptical74 million ly
apartIC 4973Barred spiral98 million ly
apartIC 4917Lenticular100 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).