NGC 1016
NGC 1016
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
306 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
201k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 306 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1016 as it looked roughly 306 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 1008Elliptical1.2 million ly
apartIC 246Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 1004Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartIC 244Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 231Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1819Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 246Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 1004Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartIC 244Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 231Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1819Elliptical14 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).