NGC 4743
NGC 4743
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
137 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 137 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4743 as it looked roughly 137 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 4696Elliptical2.0 million ly
apartNGC 4650ALenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4767Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4767ASpiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4696BElliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4650Lenticular6.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4650ALenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4767Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4767ASpiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4696BElliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4650Lenticular6.0 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).