NGC 86
NGC 86
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
261 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 261 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 86 as it looked roughly 261 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 1545Galaxy3.3 million ly
apartNGC 85Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 80Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartIC 1543Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 79Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartIC 1544Spiral6.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 85Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 80Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartIC 1543Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 79Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartIC 1544Spiral6.1 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).