IC 720 NED01
IC 720 NED01
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
306 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 306 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 720 NED01 as it looked roughly 306 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 722Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartIC 720 NED02Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 3825Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3819Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 3822Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 2941Barred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 720 NED02Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 3825Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3819Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 3822Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 2941Barred spiral21 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).