IC 4541
IC 4541
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
219 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
111k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 219 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4541 as it looked roughly 219 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 4578Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4571Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4484Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6183Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 4448Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 4644Barred spiral38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4571Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4484Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6183Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 4448Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 4644Barred spiral38 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).