NGC 4511
NGC 4511
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
214 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 214 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4511 as it looked roughly 214 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 4646Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartNGC 4271Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4362Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4358Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4675Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4669Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4271Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4362Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4358Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4675Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4669Barred spiral14 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).