NGC 118
Galaxy NGC 118 |
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NGC 118 SDSS image | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | whale |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 00 h 27 m 16.2 s |
declination | -01 ° 46 ′ 49 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | I0 / HII / Sy2 |
Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
Position angle | 40 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.037526 ± 0.000203 |
Radial velocity | 11,250 ± 61 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(507 ± 36) x 10 6 ly (155.3 ± 10.9) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Truman Safford |
Discovery date | September 23, 1867 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 118 • UGC 264 • PGC 1678 • CGCG 383-016 • MCG + 00-02-032 • IRAS 00247-0203 • KUG 0024-020B • 2MASX J00271620-0146487 • Mrk 947 • GALEX ASC J002716.17-014648.5 • NVSS J002716 -014649 • NSA 126976 |
NGC 118 is an active , compact galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type C in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 507 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light-years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 113 , NGC 114 , NGC 120 , NGC 124 .
The object was discovered on September 23, 1867 by the American astronomer Truman Henry Safford .
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