NGC 4973
NGC 4973
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
415 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 415 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4973 as it looked roughly 415 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 4967Elliptical1.8 million ly
apartNGC 4974Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 5001Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 4998Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5163Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 5201Barred spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4974Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 5001Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 4998Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5163Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 5201Barred spiral27 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).