NGC 1118
| Galaxy NGC 1118 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 49 m 58.7 s |
| declination | -12 ° 09 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (r) 0 ^ 0 ^? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.2 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013880 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 4161 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(185 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (56.6 ± 4.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | November 1, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1118 • PGC 10748 • MCG -02-08-011 • IRAS 02475-1222 • 2MASX J02495866-1209496 • GALEX ASC J024958.77-120949.6 | |
NGC 1118 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 185 million light years from the Milky Way and about 120,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on November 1, 1886 by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift .