NGC 4986
NGC 4986
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
224 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 224 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4986 as it looked roughly 224 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 4956Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartIC 4189Spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4914Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4868Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4846Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5127Elliptical19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4189Spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4914Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4868Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4846Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5127Elliptical19 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).