NGC 986A
NGC 986A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
66 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 66 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 986A as it looked roughly 66 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 1097AElliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1326Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1097Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1079Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1336Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 1351ABarred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1326Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1097Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1079Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1336Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 1351ABarred spiral14 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).