IC 705
IC 705
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
137 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
31k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 137 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 705 as it looked roughly 137 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 3656Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 3549Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3811Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3398Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3488Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 3690BBarred spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3549Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3811Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3398Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3488Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 3690BBarred spiral22 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).