NGC 4873
NGC 4873
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
271 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 271 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4873 as it looked roughly 271 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 4907Barred spiral1.8 million ly
apartIC 4021Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartIC 3946Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4896Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4892Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartIC 3947Lenticular8.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4021Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartIC 3946Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4896Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4892Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartIC 3947Lenticular8.0 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).