NGC 5511
NGC 5511
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E?
343 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 343 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5511 as it looked roughly 343 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 5528Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 5514 NED01Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5514 NED02Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5487Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5469Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 5519Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5514 NED01Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5514 NED02Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5487Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5469Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 5519Barred spiral8.3 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).