IC 511
IC 511
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
166 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 166 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 511 as it looked roughly 166 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 520Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 2550ASpiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 2646Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 2614Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 2629Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 2523Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2550ASpiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 2646Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 2614Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 2629Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 2523Barred spiral7.7 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).