IC 695
IC 695
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
305 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 305 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 695 as it looked roughly 305 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 2856Spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 2910Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3722Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3661Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 3723Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3688Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2910Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3722Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3661Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 3723Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3688Barred spiral16 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).