NGC 716
NGC 716
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
215 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 215 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 716 as it looked roughly 215 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 774Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartIC 193Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1770Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 786Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 792Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 1771Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 193Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1770Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 786Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 792Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 1771Elliptical16 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).