The sky around NGC 7541 at true scale, north up and east left, with stars to magnitude 8. The circles show the field of a low-power eyepiece and of 10×50 binoculars.
NGC 7541 is a barred spiral galaxy (SBc) in Pisces, 104 million light-years away
NGC 7541 (PGC 70795, UGC 12447) is a barred spiral galaxy (SBc) in the constellation Pisces, 104 million light-years away. It shines at magnitude 11.8 and spans 3′ × 1′ of sky, about 90,600 light-years across. It is a telescope object, 6 inches or larger, and it is highest in the evening sky in October.
Galaxy: a system of billions of stars, gas and dust held together by gravity, far outside the Milky Way. Spiral galaxies have a disk with arms; elliptical galaxies are smooth, round or oval swarms of older stars.
Finding NGC 7541 from Markab
NGC 7541 lies 10.9° south of Markab, the magnitude 2.5 star. A fist held at arm's length covers about 10°.
NGC 7541 is highest in the evening in October
The chart gives its height above the horizon at 9 pm through the year, from 60°N to 40°S. It can be seen from the whole northern hemisphere and south to about 85°S.
NGC 7541 is 104 million light-years away
The light seen from NGC 7541 tonight left it about 104 million years ago, long before modern humans existed. It ranks 220 of 422 by distance among the galaxies on Go Astronomy. Distance source: Cosmicflows-4 (Tully et al. 2023).
Objects within 6° of NGC 7541
No other Messier, Caldwell or Herschel 400 object lies within 6°.
