NGC 6311
NGC 6311
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
499 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
179k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 499 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6311 as it looked roughly 499 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 6312Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 1245Lenticular40 million ly
apartNGC 6350Lenticular46 million ly
apartIC 1264Lenticular54 million ly
apartIC 1262Elliptical58 million ly
apartIC 1249Barred spiral59 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1245Lenticular40 million ly
apartNGC 6350Lenticular46 million ly
apartIC 1264Lenticular54 million ly
apartIC 1262Elliptical58 million ly
apartIC 1249Barred spiral59 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).