NGC 711
NGC 711
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
229 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 229 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 711 as it looked roughly 229 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
IC 1736Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 722Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 792Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 677Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 786Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 774Lenticular21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 722Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 792Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 677Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 786Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 774Lenticular21 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).