NGC 7016
NGC 7016
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
523 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
155k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 523 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7016 as it looked roughly 523 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 7019Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 5088Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 6999Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 6998Elliptical47 million ly
apartIC 1386Elliptical65 million ly
apartIC 1328Spiral75 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5088Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 6999Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 6998Elliptical47 million ly
apartIC 1386Elliptical65 million ly
apartIC 1328Spiral75 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).