NGC 1886
NGC 1886
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
82 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 82 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1886 as it looked roughly 82 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 1979Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartIC 2137Spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 2129Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1964Spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 2106Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2131Irregular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2137Spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 2129Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1964Spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 2106Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2131Irregular13 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).