NGC 2911
NGC 2911
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
151 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
152k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 151 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2911 as it looked roughly 151 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 2914Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 2939Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 2873Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 2872Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 2913Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2990Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2939Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 2873Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 2872Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 2913Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2990Spiral15 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).