IC 697
IC 697
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
594 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 594 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 697 as it looked roughly 594 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 680Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 725Elliptical49 million ly
apartNGC 3776Barred spiral72 million ly
apartIC 671Barred spiral72 million ly
apartIC 715NWGalaxy84 million ly
apartIC 660Elliptical86 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 725Elliptical49 million ly
apartNGC 3776Barred spiral72 million ly
apartIC 671Barred spiral72 million ly
apartIC 715NWGalaxy84 million ly
apartIC 660Elliptical86 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).