NGC 1586
NGC 1586
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
167 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 167 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1586 as it looked roughly 167 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 1588Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 1620Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 1587Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartNGC 1593Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 1589Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1550Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1620Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 1587Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartNGC 1593Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 1589Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1550Elliptical13 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).