IC 1726
IC 1726
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
252 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
22k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 252 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1726 as it looked roughly 252 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 664Barred spiral2.7 million ly
apartIC 150Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 174Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 741Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 631Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 652Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 150Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 174Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 741Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 631Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 652Spiral16 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).