NGC 811
NGC 811
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
89 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
26k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 89 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 811 as it looked roughly 89 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
IC 210Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartIC 217Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 701Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 681Spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 215Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 636Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 217Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 701Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 681Spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 215Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 636Elliptical11 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).