IC 1729
IC 1729
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
71 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 71 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1729 as it looked roughly 71 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 723Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 613Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 578Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 423Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 908Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 899Irregular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 613Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 578Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 423Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 908Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 899Irregular13 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).