NGC 3318
| Galaxy NGC 3318 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Sails of the ship |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 37 m 15.5 s |
| declination | -41 ° 37 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.3 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 78 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 199 |
| Redshift | 0.009255 +/- 0.000021 |
| Radial velocity | 2775 +/- 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(114 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (35.0 ± 2.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 2, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3318 • PGC 31533 • ESO 317-052 • MCG -07-22-026 • IRAS 10350-4122 • 2MASX J10371552-4137395 • SGC 103503-4122.1 • | |
NGC 3318 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Sails of the Ship in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 114 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 2, 1835 .