IC 724
IC 724
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
278 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
193k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 278 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 724 as it looked roughly 278 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 3843Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3833Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 3817Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 3820Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3839Spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 727Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3833Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 3817Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 3820Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3839Spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 727Barred spiral11 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).