NGC 1611
NGC 1611
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
199 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 199 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1611 as it looked roughly 199 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 1609Lenticular1.3 million ly
apartNGC 1607Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartIC 372Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 1580Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 1594Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 2080Spiral9.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1607Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartIC 372Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 1580Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 1594Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 2080Spiral9.0 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).