NGC 1486
NGC 1486
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
345 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 345 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1486 as it looked roughly 345 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 1538Lenticular68 million ly
apartNGC 1232ABarred spiral71 million ly
apartIC 1899Lenticular79 million ly
apartNGC 1467Lenticular81 million ly
apartNGC 1470Spiral82 million ly
apartIC 368Lenticular82 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1232ABarred spiral71 million ly
apartIC 1899Lenticular79 million ly
apartNGC 1467Lenticular81 million ly
apartNGC 1470Spiral82 million ly
apartIC 368Lenticular82 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).