NGC 3618
| Galaxy NGC 3618 |
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![SDSS image of NGC 3618 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC3618_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| SDSS image of NGC 3618 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 18 m 32.545 s |
| declination | + 23 ° 28 ′ 08.74 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SABb: / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 '× 0.8' |
| Position angle | 175 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 320 |
| Redshift | 0.022706 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 6807 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(302 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (92.6 ± 6.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 10, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3618 • UGC 6327 • PGC 34575 • CGCG 126-025 • MCG + 04-27-014 • KUG 1115 + 237 • 2MASX J11183255 + 2328080 • Mrk 1288 • GC 2365/2368 • H III 334 • NVSS J111832 + 232807 • LDCE 797 NED002 | |
NGC 3618 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble-type SBb in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 302 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 3615 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 10, 1785 .