NGC 4573
NGC 4573
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
136 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 136 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4573 as it looked roughly 136 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 4444Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4696Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4650ALenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 4575Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4650Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4743Lenticular8.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4696Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4650ALenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 4575Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4650Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4743Lenticular8.4 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).