NGC 726
NGC 726
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBd
251 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 251 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 726 as it looked roughly 251 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 747Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 1767Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 773Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 699Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 707Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 168Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1767Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 773Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 699Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 707Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 168Lenticular11 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).