IC 4486
IC 4486
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
429 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 429 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4486 as it looked roughly 429 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 4480Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 1047Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 1037Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartIC 1036Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 5711Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5710Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1047Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 1037Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartIC 1036Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 5711Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5710Elliptical14 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).