NGC 318
| Galaxy NGC 318 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 58 m 05.23 s |
| declination | + 30 ° 25 ′ 31.9 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 10 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017702 ± 0.000093 |
| Radial velocity | 5307 ± 28 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(244 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (74.8 ± 5.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Bindon Blood Stoney |
| Discovery date | November 19, 1850 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 318 • PGC 3465 • CGCG 501-054 • 2MASX J00580522 + 3025323 • GC 177 • GALEX ASC J005805.24 + 302532.2 • LDCE 74 NED013 | |
NGC 318 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 244 million light years from the Milky Way and about 35,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies NGC 311 , NGC 315 , NGC 338 , IC 66 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on November 19, 1850 by the Irish astronomer Bindon Blood Stoney , an assistant to William Parsons .