NGC 7541
NGC 7541
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
132 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 132 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7541 as it looked roughly 132 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 7537Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 7667Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7714Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7715Irregular14 million ly
apartNGC 7716Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7731Barred spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7667Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7714Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7715Irregular14 million ly
apartNGC 7716Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7731Barred spiral19 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).