NGC 741
NGC 741
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
259 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
213k ly
across
11.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 259 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 741 as it looked roughly 259 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
IC 1750Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartIC 1726Galaxy15 million ly
apartNGC 742Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 150Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 664Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 174Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1726Galaxy15 million ly
apartNGC 742Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 150Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 664Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 174Lenticular17 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).