NGC 473
NGC 473
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
100 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 100 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 473 as it looked roughly 100 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 525Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 114Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 509Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 532Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 101Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 514Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 114Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 509Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 532Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 101Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 514Spiral16 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).