NGC 1738
NGC 1738
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
185 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 185 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1738 as it looked roughly 185 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 spiral1.1 million ly
apartNGC 1730Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 1821Irregular20 million ly
apartNGC 1725Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 1728Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 400Galaxy24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1730Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 1821Irregular20 million ly
apartNGC 1725Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 1728Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 400Galaxy24 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).