NGC 1686
NGC 1686
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
266 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
143k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 266 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1686 as it looked roughly 266 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 2104Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1710Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 380Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 1781Lenticular39 million ly
apartIC 388 NED01Galaxy40 million ly
apartIC 382Spiral43 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1710Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 380Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 1781Lenticular39 million ly
apartIC 388 NED01Galaxy40 million ly
apartIC 382Spiral43 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).