NGC 2541

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Lynx}}

{{Infobox Galaxy

| image = File:NGC2541 - Iotw2030a.jpg

| caption = NGC 2541 by Kitt Peak National Observatory

| name = NGC 2541

| epoch = J2000

| type = SA(s)cd{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 2541

| url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+2541&img_stamp=yes&extend=no

| accessdate=2006-11-25 }}

| ra = {{RA|08|14|40.1}}

| dec = {{DEC|+49|03|41}}

| dist_ly = 41 ± 5 Mly
{{nowrap|(12.5 ± 1.4 Mpc)}}{{cite web

|title=Distance Results for NGC 2541

|work=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

|url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nDistance?name=NGC+2541

|accessdate=2010-05-13}}

| z = 548 ± 1 km/s

| appmag_v = 12.3

| size_v = 6.3{{prime}} × 3.2{{prime}}

| constellation name = Lynx

| notes =

| names = UGC 4284, PGC 23110

}}

NGC 2541 is an unbarred spiral galaxy located about 40 million light-years away. It is in the NGC 2841 group of galaxies with NGC 2500, NGC 2537, and NGC 2552.{{Cite journal|last1=Ferrarese|first1=Laura|title=The HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale XII. The Discovery of Cepheids and a New Distance to NGC 2541|journal=The Astrophysical Journal|volume=507|issue=2|pages=655–690|arxiv=astro-ph/9805365|display-authors=etal|year=1998|doi=10.1086/306364|bibcode=1998ApJ...507..655F|s2cid=204935980}}