NGC 7311
NGC 7311
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
211 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 211 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7311 as it looked roughly 211 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 7360Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 7373Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 7402Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 7398Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 7422Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 7397Lenticular26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7373Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 7402Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 7398Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 7422Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 7397Lenticular26 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).