NGC 5611
NGC 5611
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
88 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 88 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5611 as it looked roughly 88 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 5789Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5798Irregular13 million ly
apartNGC 5337Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5727Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5439Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5362Barred spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5798Irregular13 million ly
apartNGC 5337Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5727Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5439Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5362Barred spiral22 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).