NGC 7116
NGC 7116
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
165 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 165 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7116 as it looked roughly 165 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 7303Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 1392Elliptical44 million ly
apartNGC 7290Barred spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 7264Barred spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 7248Elliptical60 million ly
apartNGC 7052Elliptical60 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1392Elliptical44 million ly
apartNGC 7290Barred spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 7264Barred spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 7248Elliptical60 million ly
apartNGC 7052Elliptical60 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).