NGC 1086
NGC 1086
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
188 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 188 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1086 as it looked roughly 188 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 995Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1164Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1106Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1005Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 1122Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 309Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1164Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1106Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1005Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 1122Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 309Lenticular19 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).