NGC 11
NGC 11
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
205 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 205 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 11 as it looked roughly 205 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 21Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 13Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 19Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 43Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 7836Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 7806Spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 13Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 19Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 43Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 7836Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 7806Spiral31 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).