NGC 3711
NGC 3711
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
188 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 188 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3711 as it looked roughly 188 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 3777Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3660Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3942Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 743Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3836 NED02Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 3508Barred spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3660Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3942Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 743Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3836 NED02Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 3508Barred spiral27 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).