IC 311
IC 311
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
200 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 200 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 311 as it looked roughly 200 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 309Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1281Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartIC 313Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1293Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartNGC 1334Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1164Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1281Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartIC 313Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1293Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartNGC 1334Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1164Spiral13 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).