IC 2704
IC 2704
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
695 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
132k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 695 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2704 as it looked roughly 695 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 2694Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 2807Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 2795Spiral39 million ly
apartIC 2784Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 2679Lenticular47 million ly
apartIC 2877Barred spiral47 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2807Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 2795Spiral39 million ly
apartIC 2784Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 2679Lenticular47 million ly
apartIC 2877Barred spiral47 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).