NGC 118
| Galaxy NGC 118 |
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![NGC 118 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC118_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 118 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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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 |
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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 .
Web links
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