IC 1704
IC 1704
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
300 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 300 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1704 as it looked roughly 300 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 1706Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartIC 107Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartIC 1698Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 476Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 463Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 569Barred spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 107Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartIC 1698Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 476Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 463Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 569Barred spiral29 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).