NGC 4711
NGC 4711
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
192 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 192 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4711 as it looked roughly 192 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 4687Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartIC 3852Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3862Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4846Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 3795Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 3892Lenticular28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3852Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3862Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4846Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 3795Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 3892Lenticular28 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).