NGC 1730
NGC 1730
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
184 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 184 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1730 as it looked roughly 184 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 1739Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 1738Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 1725Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 1728Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1821Irregular17 million ly
apartNGC 1723Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1738Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 1725Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 1728Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1821Irregular17 million ly
apartNGC 1723Spiral18 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).