IC 1728
IC 1728
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
406 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
152k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 406 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1728 as it looked roughly 406 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 1739Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 698Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 619Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 623Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 612Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 696Lenticular33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 698Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 619Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 623Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 612Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 696Lenticular33 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).