NGC 386
NGC 386
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
259 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 259 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 386 as it looked roughly 259 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 379Lenticular1.4 million ly
apartNGC 373Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartNGC 407Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 388Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartIC 1648Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartIC 1636Lenticular7.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 373Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartNGC 407Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 388Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartIC 1648Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartIC 1636Lenticular7.7 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).