NGC 473

{{Short description|Lenticular galaxy in the constellation Pisces}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 473

| image= NGC 0473 SDSS.jpg

| alt = NGC 473

| caption= SDSS view of NGC 473

| epoch = J2000

| ra = {{RA|01|19|55.0731}}

| dec = {{DEC|+16|32|41.668}}

| constellation name = Pisces

| z = 0.007118

| h_radial_v = 2,134 km/s{{cite web

| title=Results for Object NGC 0473

| work=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/ui/?q=objsearch&omegam=0.27&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&objname=NGC%20473&hconst=73&img_stamp=YES&list_limit=5&of=pre_text&out_equinox=J2000.0&corr_z=1&omegav=0.73&obj_sort=RA%20or%20Longitude

| access-date=June 22, 2017

| archive-date=October 23, 2017

| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023173712/https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/ui/?q=objsearch&omegam=0.27&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&objname=NGC

| url-status=dead

}}

| dist_ly = 29.8 Mpc

| type = SABo(r)a{{cite web

| title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 450 -499

| work=Courtney Seligman

| url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc4a.htm#473

| access-date=June 22, 2017}}

| appmag_v = 12.5

| size_v = 1.9' x 1.2'

| size=~{{convert|22.54|kpc|ly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}} (estimated)

| notes =

| names = {{odlist | CGCG= 459-030 | IRAS= 01172+1616 | MCG= +03-04-022 | UGC= 859 | PGC= 4785}}

}}

NGC 473 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Pisces. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 1819 ± 22{{nbsp}}km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of {{convert|26.82 ± 1.91|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}. In addition, one non redshift measurement gives a distance of {{convert|29.8|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|order=flip}}.{{cite web | url = https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nDistance?name=NGC+473 | title = Distance Results for NGC{{nbsp}}473 | website = NASA/IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE | publisher = NASA | access-date = 12 November 2024}} It was discovered on December 20, 1786 by William Herschel.