NGC 4373
NGC 4373
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
159 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
184k ly
across
10.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 159 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4373 as it looked roughly 159 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
IC 3290Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4601Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4499Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4507Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 4373BBarred spiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 3639Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4601Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4499Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4507Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 4373BBarred spiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 3639Barred spiral13 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).