NGC 7216
NGC 7216
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
162 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 162 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7216 as it looked roughly 162 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 5158Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 7329Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 5227Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 5247Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 5116Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 5173BGalaxy14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7329Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 5227Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 5247Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 5116Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 5173BGalaxy14 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).