NGC 986
NGC 986
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
92 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
10.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 92 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 986 as it looked roughly 92 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
Fornax BSpiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1326ASpiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1310Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1341Spiral18 million ly
apartFornax ALenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 1316CLenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1326ASpiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1310Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1341Spiral18 million ly
apartFornax ALenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 1316CLenticular19 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).