NGC 4686
NGC 4686
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
234 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
131k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 234 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4686 as it looked roughly 234 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 4644Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4695Spiral5.7 million ly
apartIC 830Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 4669Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4675Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4566Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4695Spiral5.7 million ly
apartIC 830Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 4669Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4675Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4566Barred spiral17 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).