NGC 7473
NGC 7473
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
323 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 323 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7473 as it looked roughly 323 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 7512Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 1476Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 7543Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7435Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 7357Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 7356Barred spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1476Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 7543Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7435Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 7357Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 7356Barred spiral32 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).