NGC 5541
NGC 5541
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
359 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 359 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5541 as it looked roughly 359 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 990Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartNGC 5515Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5497Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 5625 NED02Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4380Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5572Barred spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5515Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5497Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 5625 NED02Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4380Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5572Barred spiral25 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).