NGC 6411
NGC 6411
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
171 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 171 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6411 as it looked roughly 171 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 6310Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6361Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6292Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6385Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6373Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6381Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6361Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6292Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6385Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6373Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6381Spiral20 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).