NGC 1411
NGC 1411
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
46 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
33k ly
across
11.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 46 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1411 as it looked roughly 46 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 1510Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 1493Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 1433Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartIC 2004Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartIC 1914Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 1326BBarred spiral6.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1493Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 1433Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartIC 2004Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartIC 1914Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 1326BBarred spiral6.6 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).