IC 1711
IC 1711
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
130 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 130 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1711 as it looked roughly 130 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 163Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 658Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 678Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 680Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 1730Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 691Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 658Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 678Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 680Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 1730Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 691Barred spiral17 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).