NGC 738
NGC 738
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
204 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
21k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 204 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 738 as it looked roughly 204 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 736Elliptical610,000 ly
apartNGC 739Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 769Spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 740Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 714Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 735Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 739Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 769Spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 740Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 714Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 735Barred spiral12 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).