Other people followed up on the rumor .
Other people reported that the public logs of several major telescopes listed priority interruptions in order to observe NGC 4993 , a galaxy 40 Mpc ( 130 Mly ) away in the Hydra constellation .
Other people followed up on the rumor , and reported that the public logs of several major telescopes listed priority interruptions in order to observe NGC 4993 , a galaxy 40 Mpc ( 130 Mly ) away in the Hydra constellation .