NGC 116
NGC 116
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
357 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 357 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 116 as it looked roughly 357 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 64Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 61BLenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 61ALenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 38Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 20Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 135Elliptical37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 61BLenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 61ALenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 38Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 20Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 135Elliptical37 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).