IC 816
IC 816
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
332 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
106k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 332 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 816 as it looked roughly 332 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 817Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 3608Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3670Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3690Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 3481Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 3425Lenticular26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3608Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3670Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3690Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 3481Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 3425Lenticular26 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).