NGC 1720
NGC 1720
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
196 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 196 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1720 as it looked roughly 196 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 1726Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 1741BSpiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1741Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1799Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1797Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 399Irregular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1741BSpiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1741Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1799Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1797Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 399Irregular15 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).