NGC 73
NGC 73
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
360 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
176k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 360 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 73 as it looked roughly 360 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 102Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 20Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 7821Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 135Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 154Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 7807Barred spiral35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 20Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 7821Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 135Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 154Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 7807Barred spiral35 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).