Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Triangulum (Tri)  ·  Contains:  IC 1727  ·  NGC 672
NGC 672 - IC 1727, Giuseppe Donatiello
NGC 672 - IC 1727
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NGC 672 - IC 1727

NGC 672 - IC 1727, Giuseppe Donatiello
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NGC 672 - IC 1727

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NGC 672 - IC 1727

Credit: DECaLS DR8, Giuseppe Donatiello

An isolated pair of galaxies separated by about 85,000 light-years and in weak interaction, about 8 Mpc (25 million light-years) apart.

They form a small group together with the dwarfs GC 110482, AGC 111945, AGC 111946 and AGC 112521.

Acknowledgment

Data from DECam Legacy Survey (g, r, z filters) obtained at the Blanco Telescope, Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, NSF’s NOIRLab.

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NGC 672 - IC 1727, Giuseppe Donatiello