NGC 2511
NGC 2511
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
218 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 218 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2511 as it looked roughly 218 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 2513Elliptical810,000 ly
apartNGC 2485Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 2526Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2508Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 2507Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 2514Spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2485Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 2526Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2508Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 2507Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 2514Spiral26 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).