NGC 3911
NGC 3911
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
278 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 278 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3911 as it looked roughly 278 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 4101Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 3947Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3951Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3919Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 3886Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 3821Lenticular27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3947Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3951Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3919Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 3886Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 3821Lenticular27 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).