NGC 2518
Galaxy NGC 2518 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | lynx |
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 |
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 .