NGC 7511
NGC 7511
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
229 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 229 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7511 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
NGC 7535Spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 7509Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 7495Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 7570Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 7536Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 5292Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7509Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 7495Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 7570Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 7536Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 5292Spiral15 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).