IC 709
IC 709
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
442 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
135k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 442 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 709 as it looked roughly 442 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 708Elliptical660,000 ly
apartIC 711Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartIC 712Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 687Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 4187Elliptical51 million ly
apartNGC 3846Barred spiral54 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 711Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartIC 712Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 687Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 4187Elliptical51 million ly
apartNGC 3846Barred spiral54 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).