NGC 1018
| Galaxy NGC 1018 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 38 m 10.3 s |
| declination | -09 ° 32 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (r) 0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.044134 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 13,231 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(590 ± 41) · 10 6 Lj (181.0 ± 12.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Frank Muller |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1018 • PGC 9986 • MCG -02-07-048 • 2MASX J02381034-0932381 • GALEX ASC J023810.34-093239.3 | |
NGC 1018 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Whale south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 590 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 175,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 988 .
The property was discovered by Frank Muller in 1886 .