NGC 311
NGC 311
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
236 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 236 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 311 as it looked roughly 236 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 69Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 318Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartIC 66Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 383Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 385Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 374Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 318Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartIC 66Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 383Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 385Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 374Lenticular13 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).