NGC 1726
NGC 1726
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
189 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
160k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 189 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1726 as it looked roughly 189 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 1720Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 1700Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1741Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1699Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 399Irregular12 million ly
apartNGC 1694Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1700Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1741Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1699Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 399Irregular12 million ly
apartNGC 1694Lenticular13 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).