NGC 7716
NGC 7716
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
122 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 122 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7716 as it looked roughly 122 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 7693Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 7710Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 7715Irregular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 7667Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 7714Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 7694Irregular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7710Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 7715Irregular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 7667Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 7714Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 7694Irregular16 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).