NGC 1716
NGC 1716
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
318 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 318 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1716 as it looked roughly 318 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 1686Barred spiral58 million ly
apartIC 2104Barred spiral65 million ly
apartNGC 1701Barred spiral66 million ly
apartIC 368Lenticular67 million ly
apartNGC 1710Elliptical80 million ly
apartIC 437Spiral84 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2104Barred spiral65 million ly
apartNGC 1701Barred spiral66 million ly
apartIC 368Lenticular67 million ly
apartNGC 1710Elliptical80 million ly
apartIC 437Spiral84 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).