IC 2986
IC 2986
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
145 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 145 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2986 as it looked roughly 145 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 3994Spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 2979Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3991 NED01Irregular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 3935Spiral5.9 million ly
apartIC 2978Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 3966Lenticular7.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2979Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3991 NED01Irregular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 3935Spiral5.9 million ly
apartIC 2978Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 3966Lenticular7.3 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).