NGC 2718
| Galaxy NGC 2718 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 58 m 50.5 s |
| declination | + 06 ° 17 ′ 35 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SAB (s) ab / Sbrst |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.1 ′ × 2.1 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.012819 +/- 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (3843 +/- 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(166 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (50.8 ± 3.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 24, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2718 • UGC 4707 • PGC 25225 • CGCG 033-034 • MCG + 01-23-015 • IRAS 08561 + 0629 • 2MASX J08585046 + 0617354 • Mrk 703 • GC 1735/1736 • H II 557 • h 542 • | |
NGC 2718 is a barred spiral galaxy with a high rate of star formation of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Water Snake south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 166 million light years from the Milky Way and about 105,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered on March 24, 1786 by the astronomer William Herschel with a 48 cm telescope.