NGC 7611
NGC 7611
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
155 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 155 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7611 as it looked roughly 155 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 7626Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 7612Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 7634Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 7608Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 7648Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 7562ASpiral9.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7612Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 7634Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 7608Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 7648Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 7562ASpiral9.9 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).