NGC 1728
NGC 1728
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
176 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 176 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1728 as it looked roughly 176 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 1723Spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 1725Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1752Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1821Irregular17 million ly
apartNGC 1730Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1726Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1725Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1752Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1821Irregular17 million ly
apartNGC 1730Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1726Lenticular17 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).