NGC 1616
NGC 1616
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
210 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 210 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1616 as it looked roughly 210 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 1570Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartIC 2068Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 1558Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 1585Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1595Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 1567Elliptical18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2068Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 1558Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 1585Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1595Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 1567Elliptical18 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).