NGC 4773
NGC 4773
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
163 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
40k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 163 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4773 as it looked roughly 163 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 4780Spiral1.1 million ly
apartNGC 4777Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 4925Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4770Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartIC 3812Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 4776Lenticular8.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4777Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 4925Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4770Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartIC 3812Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 4776Lenticular8.1 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).