NGC 3511
NGC 3511
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
52 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
11.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 52 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3511 as it looked roughly 52 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 3513Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 3355Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3175Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3887Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3137Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3113Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3355Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3175Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3887Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3137Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3113Spiral13 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).