IC 711
IC 711
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
441 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 441 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 711 as it looked roughly 441 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 708Elliptical1.5 million ly
apartIC 709Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartIC 712Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 687Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 4187Elliptical51 million ly
apartNGC 3846Barred spiral55 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 709Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartIC 712Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 687Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 4187Elliptical51 million ly
apartNGC 3846Barred spiral55 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).