NGC 735
NGC 735
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
216 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 216 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 735 as it looked roughly 216 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 740Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 739Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 700Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 759Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 669Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 704BElliptical9.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 739Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 700Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 759Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 669Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 704BElliptical9.3 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).