IC 706
IC 706
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
234 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 234 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 706 as it looked roughly 234 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 3693Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 3663Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3667ABarred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3831Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 3704Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 3707Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3663Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3667ABarred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3831Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 3704Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 3707Elliptical16 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).