NGC 186
NGC 186
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
215 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 215 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 186 as it looked roughly 215 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 199Lenticular1.4 million ly
apartIC 49Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 173Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 130Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 128Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 201Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 49Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 173Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 130Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 128Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 201Spiral14 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).