IC 721
IC 721
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
314 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
149k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 314 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 721 as it looked roughly 314 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 733Galaxy5.4 million ly
apartNGC 3775Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3702Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3722Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 2910Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 3688Barred spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3775Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3702Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3722Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 2910Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 3688Barred spiral20 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).