IC 710
IC 710
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
439 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 439 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 710 as it looked roughly 439 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 3739Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3785Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 3826Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 2956Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 3745Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 3751Elliptical31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3785Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 3826Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 2956Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 3745Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 3751Elliptical31 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).