NGC 740

NGC 740 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the Triangulum constellation. It is estimated to be 210 million light-years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 85,000 light-years. It was discovered by the Irish engineer Bindon Stoney, an assistant to William Parsons.^[5][6][7]

NGC 740
NGC 740 imaged by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Triangulum
Right ascension	01h 56m 54.867s[1]
Declination	+33° 00′ 54.63″[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	4,518[2] km/s
Distance	198.9 Mly (60.98 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)	14.9
Characteristics
Type	SBb?[3]
Mass	2.48×1012[2] M☉
Size	1,100 kly[2]
Apparent size (V)	1.017′ × 0.264′[1]
Other designations
UGC 1421, MCG +05-05-031, PGC 7316[4]