NGC 4541
NGC 4541
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
316 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
150k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 316 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4541 as it looked roughly 316 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 4493Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartNGC 4432Spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 4333Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 4326Spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 4075Lenticular45 million ly
apartNGC 4518Lenticular45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4432Spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 4333Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 4326Spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 4075Lenticular45 million ly
apartNGC 4518Lenticular45 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).