IC 516
IC 516
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
524 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 524 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 516 as it looked roughly 524 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 514Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartIC 510 NED02Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 517Spiral68 million ly
apartNGC 2616Lenticular97 million ly
apartNGC 2696Elliptical98 million ly
apartIC 498Barred spiral99 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 510 NED02Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 517Spiral68 million ly
apartNGC 2616Lenticular97 million ly
apartNGC 2696Elliptical98 million ly
apartIC 498Barred spiral99 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).