NGC 4041
NGC 4041
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
56 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
11.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 56 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4041 as it looked roughly 56 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 3945Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartIC 758Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 3796Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3795Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 691Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3795ASpiral5.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 758Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 3796Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3795Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 691Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3795ASpiral5.4 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).