NGC 7711
NGC 7711
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
189 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
134k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 189 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7711 as it looked roughly 189 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 7691Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 7722Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 7703Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 7659Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 7672Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7653Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7722Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 7703Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 7659Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 7672Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7653Barred spiral13 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).