NGC 1618
| Galaxy NGC 1618 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 36 m 06.6 s |
| declination | -03 ° 08 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) b: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.4 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 26 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016321 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 4893 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(215 ± 15) x 10 6 ly (66.0 ± 4.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 1, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2018 • PGC 15611 • MCG -01-12-034 • IRAS 04336-0314 • 2MASX J04360657-0308553 • GC 876 • H II 524 • h 320 • LDCE 312 NED026 | |
NGC 1618 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 215 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 155,000 ly. a. the galaxies NGC 1622 and NGC 1625 .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on February 1, 1786 .
Web links
Commons : NGC 1618 - Collection of Images
