NGC 2711
NGC 2711
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
287 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
47k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 287 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2711 as it looked roughly 287 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
IC 2407Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2409Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2392Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 526Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 2728Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 2596Barred spiral37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2409Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2392Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 526Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 2728Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 2596Barred spiral37 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).