NGC 816
NGC 816
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
516 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 516 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 816 as it looked roughly 516 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 1752Galaxy33 million ly
apartIC 226Elliptical40 million ly
apartIC 1753Elliptical48 million ly
apartIC 1733Elliptical49 million ly
apartIC 227Elliptical52 million ly
apartNGC 919Spiral52 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 226Elliptical40 million ly
apartIC 1753Elliptical48 million ly
apartIC 1733Elliptical49 million ly
apartIC 227Elliptical52 million ly
apartNGC 919Spiral52 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).