IC 916
IC 916
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
393 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 393 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 916 as it looked roughly 393 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 4322Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 909Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4314Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 910Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4332Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 4317Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 909Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4314Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 910Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4332Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 4317Spiral20 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).