IC 1702
IC 1702
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
194 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 194 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1702 as it looked roughly 194 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 471Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 469Spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 1715Irregular15 million ly
apartIC 1725Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 192Lenticular31 million ly
apartIC 1721Barred spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 469Spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 1715Irregular15 million ly
apartIC 1725Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 192Lenticular31 million ly
apartIC 1721Barred spiral31 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).