NGC 4673
NGC 4673
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
321 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 321 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4673 as it looked roughly 321 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 4715Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartIC 3623Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 4807Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 4816Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 3516Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 832Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3623Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 4807Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 4816Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 3516Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 832Elliptical14 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).