IC 1722
IC 1722
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
191 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 191 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1722 as it looked roughly 191 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 1724Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 1759Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 491Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 749Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 689Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 491ASpiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1759Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 491Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 749Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 689Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 491ASpiral27 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).