IC 712
IC 712
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
466 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
409k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 466 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 712 as it looked roughly 466 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 687Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 709Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 708Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 711Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 3846Barred spiral55 million ly
apartNGC 3594Lenticular58 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 709Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 708Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 711Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 3846Barred spiral55 million ly
apartNGC 3594Lenticular58 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).