IC 2086
IC 2086
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
591 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 591 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2086 as it looked roughly 591 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 2081Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartIC 2083Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 2050Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 2082 NED02Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 2033Spiral38 million ly
apartIC 2082 NED01Elliptical50 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2083Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 2050Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 2082 NED02Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 2033Spiral38 million ly
apartIC 2082 NED01Elliptical50 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).