NGC 1511B
NGC 1511B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBcd
67 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
27k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 67 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1511B as it looked roughly 67 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 1473Irregular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 1511Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 1511ABarred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 1559Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 1809Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 1892Spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1511Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 1511ABarred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 1559Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 1809Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 1892Spiral10 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).