Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Triangulum (Tri)  ·  Contains:  IC 1727  ·  NGC 672
Galaxy Pair NGC 672 and IC 1727, Jim Thommes
Galaxy Pair NGC 672 and IC 1727, Jim Thommes

Galaxy Pair NGC 672 and IC 1727

Galaxy Pair NGC 672 and IC 1727, Jim Thommes
Galaxy Pair NGC 672 and IC 1727, Jim Thommes

Galaxy Pair NGC 672 and IC 1727

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This image shows a pair of spiral galaxies, NGC 672 and IC 1727. The upper of the two galaxies is NGC 672 - SB(s)cd; the lower is IC 1727 - SB(s)m -  a barred Magellanic spiral. The latter being kind of clumpy  with irregular, barely distinguishable arms. Both galaxies have pretty similar distance estimates in both redshift and Tulley-Fisher - 22 to 26 million light years.

There are three pretty distinct edge on galaxies  (LEDA 181156, PGC 6632, and 2MFGC 01344). These are in the distance range of about 480 million light years by redshift estimate.  Galaxy LEDA 1806558 is also in this field at a further distance of 1,161 million light years. There are numerous background galaxies that can be seen in the full size image.  The furthest objects are the Quasars and their distances range from 6.59 to 11.78 billion years (Lookback).  These objects, information, background galaxies, and some of the brighter stars are identified in the annotated image.

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