A 473 Capacitor?

[prprog]

Which is the value of a 473 capacitor? I am using one in a circuit , it works fine for the purpose but it is only identify with a 473 number?

 

[Nigel Goodwin]

It's '4' '7' followed by '3' zeros.

So it's 47,000pF, or 47nF, or 0.047uF.

It's the normal way of labelling capacitors.