IC 694
IC 694
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
184 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
11k ly
across
18.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 184 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 694 as it looked roughly 184 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 3835AElliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 3809Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 4284Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 3762Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 4195Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 3668Barred spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3809Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 4284Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 3762Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 4195Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 3668Barred spiral28 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).