NGC 4073
NGC 4073
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
275 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
167k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 275 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4073 as it looked roughly 275 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 4058Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartNGC 4139Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 4044Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 754Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 4006Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 756Barred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4139Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 4044Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 754Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 4006Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 756Barred spiral21 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).