NGC 1740
NGC 1740
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
190 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 190 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1740 as it looked roughly 190 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 1741Spiral3.2 million ly
apartIC 399Irregular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 1741BSpiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 1753Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1683Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1699Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 399Irregular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 1741BSpiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 1753Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1683Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1699Barred spiral9.7 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).