NGC 4273
NGC 4273
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
109 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 109 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4273 as it looked roughly 109 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 4270Lenticular310,000 ly
apartNGC 4300Spiral3.5 million ly
apartIC 3225Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4292Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartIC 782Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartIC 3155Lenticular4.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4300Spiral3.5 million ly
apartIC 3225Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4292Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartIC 782Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartIC 3155Lenticular4.6 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).