NGC 2411
NGC 2411
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
236 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 236 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2411 as it looked roughly 236 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 2418Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartNGC 2454Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 2181Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 2376Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 2416Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 2342Spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2454Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 2181Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 2376Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 2416Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 2342Spiral28 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).