NGC 2811
NGC 2811
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
114 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 114 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2811 as it looked roughly 114 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 2993Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2935Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2815Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2986Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 2865Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 2891Elliptical18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2935Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2815Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2986Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 2865Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 2891Elliptical18 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).