IC 728
IC 728
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
397 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
138k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 397 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 728 as it looked roughly 397 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 702Lenticular44 million ly
apartNGC 3679Elliptical49 million ly
apartNGC 3685Elliptical50 million ly
apartNGC 3601Barred spiral70 million ly
apartIC 2871Spiral76 million ly
apartIC 774Lenticular77 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3679Elliptical49 million ly
apartNGC 3685Elliptical50 million ly
apartNGC 3601Barred spiral70 million ly
apartIC 2871Spiral76 million ly
apartIC 774Lenticular77 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).