| Epoch: | J2000 |
| Constellation Name: | Aries |
| H Radial V: | 4584 km/s |
| Z: | 0.015409 |
| Dist Ly: | [1] |
| Type: | SBa? |
| Appmag B: | 14.0 |
| Names: | [2] |
NGC 716 is a large barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Aries,[3] about 200 million light-years away from the Milky Way. The luminosity class of NGC 716 is I and has a large HI line.[4] It also contains regions of ionized hydrogen. Many non-redshift measurements provide a distance of 54,023±8,169 Mpc (~176 million light years), which is within the distances calculated using the redshift value.[5]
NGC 716 was discovered in 1886 by American astronomer Lewis Swift using a 40.64 cm (16 inch) optical telescope that used a mirror as a light-gathering element. It was also observed by the French astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan on 1 January 1892 and was added to the Index Catalog with the code IC 1743.