NGC 6473
NGC 6473
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
396 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 396 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6473 as it looked roughly 396 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 6474Barred spiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 6418Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6459Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 1259 NED02Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6489Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 6394Barred spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6418Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6459Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 1259 NED02Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6489Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 6394Barred spiral22 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).