NGC 2518
| Galaxy NGC 2518 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lynx |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 07 m 20.2 s |
| declination | + 51 ° 07 ′ 54 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 35 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017565 ± 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | (5266 ± 30) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(237 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (72.7 ± 5.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Gerhard Lohse |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2518 • UGC 4221 • PGC 22800 • CGCG 263-009 • MCG + 09-14-006 • 2MASX J08072025 + 5107539 • LDCE 0551 NED007 | |
NGC 2518 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type E-S0 in the constellation Lynx. It is an estimated 237 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered in 1886 by J. Gerhard Lohse .