NGC 1741B
NGC 1741B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
196 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 196 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1741B as it looked roughly 196 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 1741Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1740Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartIC 399Irregular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 1682Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1720Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1717Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1740Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartIC 399Irregular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 1682Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1720Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1717Barred spiral13 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).