IC 3486
IC 3486
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
92 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
22k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 92 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3486 as it looked roughly 92 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 4476Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartNGC 4461Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartIC 794Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartIC 3509Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4641Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartIC 3637Elliptical4.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4461Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartIC 794Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartIC 3509Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4641Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartIC 3637Elliptical4.4 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).