NGC 916
NGC 916
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
453 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
155k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 453 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 916 as it looked roughly 453 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 915Elliptical2.4 million ly
apartNGC 900Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 901Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 919Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 227Elliptical31 million ly
apartIC 1803Elliptical33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 900Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 901Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 919Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 227Elliptical31 million ly
apartIC 1803Elliptical33 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).