NGC 7416
NGC 7416
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
134 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 134 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7416 as it looked roughly 134 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 7391Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 7371Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 7428Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1447Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7378Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7444Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7371Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 7428Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1447Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7378Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7444Lenticular20 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).