IC 86
IC 86
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
628 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
132k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 628 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 86 as it looked roughly 628 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 417Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 79Elliptical42 million ly
apartIC 95Galaxy44 million ly
apartIC 130Lenticular48 million ly
apartIC 82Lenticular59 million ly
apartIC 125Galaxy67 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 79Elliptical42 million ly
apartIC 95Galaxy44 million ly
apartIC 130Lenticular48 million ly
apartIC 82Lenticular59 million ly
apartIC 125Galaxy67 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).