IC 726
IC 726
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
447 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 447 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 726 as it looked roughly 447 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 3847Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartIC 2952Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3871Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 729Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3881Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3855Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2952Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3871Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 729Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3881Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3855Barred spiral13 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).