NGC 4473
NGC 4473
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
109 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
135k ly
across
10.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 109 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4473 as it looked roughly 109 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 4501Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 4351Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 800Spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 3305Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartIC 3365Irregular5.2 million ly
apartButterfly GalaxiesBarred spiral5.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4351Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 800Spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 3305Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartIC 3365Irregular5.2 million ly
apartButterfly GalaxiesBarred spiral5.8 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).