IC 725
IC 725
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
623 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
134k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 623 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 725 as it looked roughly 623 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 697Lenticular49 million ly
apartIC 680Barred spiral78 million ly
apartNGC 3776Barred spiral97 million ly
apartNGC 3647Elliptical100 million ly
apartIC 715NWGalaxy100 million ly
apartNGC 3703Lenticular120 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 680Barred spiral78 million ly
apartNGC 3776Barred spiral97 million ly
apartNGC 3647Elliptical100 million ly
apartIC 715NWGalaxy100 million ly
apartNGC 3703Lenticular120 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).