IC 701
IC 701
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sd
286 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 286 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 701 as it looked roughly 286 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 3697Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 2951Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3842Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 3837Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3841Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 3857Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2951Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3842Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 3837Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3841Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 3857Lenticular18 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).