NGC 7411
NGC 7411
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
314 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 314 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7411 as it looked roughly 314 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 7409Lenticular1.6 million ly
apartNGC 7375Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 5254Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 5253Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 7489Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 5242Spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7375Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 5254Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 5253Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 7489Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 5242Spiral32 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).