IC 1725
IC 1725
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
179 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
27k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 179 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1725 as it looked roughly 179 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 656Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 670Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 661Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 192Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 684Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1731Spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 670Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 661Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 192Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 684Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1731Spiral24 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).