NGC 704B
NGC 704B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
220 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 220 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 704B as it looked roughly 220 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 759Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 708Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartIC 1732Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 669Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 700Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartIC 178Spiral7.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 708Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartIC 1732Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 669Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 700Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartIC 178Spiral7.4 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).