IC 1706
IC 1706
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBcd
302 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 302 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1706 as it looked roughly 302 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 1704Spiral2.3 million ly
apartIC 1698Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartIC 107Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartNGC 476Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 463Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 569Barred spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1698Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartIC 107Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartNGC 476Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 463Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 569Barred spiral31 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).