NGC 4373A
NGC 4373A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
139 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 139 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4373A as it looked roughly 139 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 3370Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4575Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4553Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 4373BBarred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 4650ALenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4444Spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4575Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4553Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 4373BBarred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 4650ALenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4444Spiral10 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).