NGC 911
NGC 911
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
263 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
129k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 263 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 911 as it looked roughly 263 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 923Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 937Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 946Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 914Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 898Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 980Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 937Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 946Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 914Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 898Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 980Lenticular12 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).