NGC 2716
NGC 2716
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
168 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 168 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2716 as it looked roughly 168 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 2723Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 2729Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 2765Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 2426Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2713Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2718Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2729Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 2765Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 2426Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2713Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2718Spiral14 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).