IC 1720
IC 1720
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
262 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 262 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1720 as it looked roughly 262 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 639Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 642Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1769Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 1719Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 1762Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 441Lenticular29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 642Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1769Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 1719Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 1762Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 441Lenticular29 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).