NGC 2486
NGC 2486
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
216 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 216 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2486 as it looked roughly 216 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 2498Spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 480Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 481Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 2512Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 2487Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 2205Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 480Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 481Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 2512Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 2487Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 2205Elliptical12 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).