IC 729
IC 729
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
436 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 436 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 729 as it looked roughly 436 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 3881Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartNGC 3855Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 3847Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartIC 726Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 2952Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3871Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3855Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 3847Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartIC 726Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 2952Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3871Barred spiral14 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).