IC 1541
IC 1541
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
276 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 276 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1541 as it looked roughly 276 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 94Galaxy3.4 million ly
apartNGC 85BBarred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 41Spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 1548Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartNGC 42Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartIC 1540Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 85BBarred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 41Spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 1548Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartNGC 42Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartIC 1540Barred spiral9.9 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).