IC 70
IC 70
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
886 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
16.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 886 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 70 as it looked roughly 886 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 88Barred spiral61 million ly
apartIC 29Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 21Barred spiral130 million ly
apartIC 33Galaxy150 million ly
apartIC 32Lenticular150 million ly
apartIC 1602Elliptical190 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 29Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 21Barred spiral130 million ly
apartIC 33Galaxy150 million ly
apartIC 32Lenticular150 million ly
apartIC 1602Elliptical190 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).