IC 2311
IC 2311
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
86 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 86 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2311 as it looked roughly 86 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 2613Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 2566Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2665Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2559Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2380Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 2758Barred spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2566Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2665Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2559Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2380Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 2758Barred spiral20 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).