IC 2541
IC 2541
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
231 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 231 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2541 as it looked roughly 231 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 3128Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3127Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 2945Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 3096Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 2924Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 2989Spiral41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3127Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 2945Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 3096Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 2924Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 2989Spiral41 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).