NGC 5473
NGC 5473
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
92 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 92 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5473 as it looked roughly 92 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 5485Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 5484Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 5294Irregular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 5526Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 5631Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 5422Lenticular6.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5484Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 5294Irregular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 5526Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 5631Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 5422Lenticular6.7 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).