IC 4041
IC 4041
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
330 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 330 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4041 as it looked roughly 330 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 3959Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartIC 4030Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4874Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4872Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4848Spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 4045Elliptical5.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4030Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4874Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4872Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4848Spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 4045Elliptical5.6 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).