NGC 1511A
NGC 1511A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
60 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
33k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 60 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1511A as it looked roughly 60 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 1511Spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 1473Irregular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 1559Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 1809Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 1511BBarred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 1892Spiral9.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1473Irregular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 1559Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 1809Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 1511BBarred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 1892Spiral9.3 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).