IC 716
IC 716
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
252 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 252 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 716 as it looked roughly 252 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 3662Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3907Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 3719Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 3720Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 4045ALenticular29 million ly
apartIC 2974Spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3907Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 3719Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 3720Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 4045ALenticular29 million ly
apartIC 2974Spiral31 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).