NGC 739
NGC 739
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
210 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 210 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 739 as it looked roughly 210 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 spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 738Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 735Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 736Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 769Spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 705Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 738Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 735Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 736Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 769Spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 705Lenticular11 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).