NGC 6711
NGC 6711
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
218 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 218 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6711 as it looked roughly 218 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 6702Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartNGC 6792Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6745 NED01Galaxy28 million ly
apartNGC 6801Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 1301Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 6566Elliptical44 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6792Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6745 NED01Galaxy28 million ly
apartNGC 6801Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 1301Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 6566Elliptical44 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).