NGC 1811
NGC 1811
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
178 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 178 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1811 as it looked roughly 178 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 1812Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 1591Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 1739Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 1738Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 400Galaxy43 million ly
apartNGC 1730Spiral43 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1591Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 1739Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 1738Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 400Galaxy43 million ly
apartNGC 1730Spiral43 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).