NGC 4186
NGC 4186
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
367 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 367 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4186 as it looked roughly 367 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
IC 3062Spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 3091Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 3080Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3046Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 775Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 3149Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3091Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 3080Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3046Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 775Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 3149Lenticular18 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).