IC 116
IC 116
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
257 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 257 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 116 as it looked roughly 257 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
IC 100Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 560Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 1705Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 557Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 547Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 541Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 560Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 1705Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 557Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 547Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 541Elliptical17 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).