IC 170
IC 170
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
242 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 242 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 170 as it looked roughly 242 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 713Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 168Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 707Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 747Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 726Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 184Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 168Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 707Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 747Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 726Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 184Barred spiral14 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).