IC 723
IC 723
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
145 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
34k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 145 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 723 as it looked roughly 145 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 741Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 738Irregular25 million ly
apartNGC 4433Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 4428Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 3660Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 3942Spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 738Irregular25 million ly
apartNGC 4433Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 4428Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 3660Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 3942Spiral31 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).