IC 707
IC 707
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
308 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 308 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 707 as it looked roughly 308 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 3710Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3805Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3697Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3844Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3787Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 3862Elliptical18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3805Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3697Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3844Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3787Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 3862Elliptical18 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).