NGC 3818
| Galaxy NGC 3818 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 41 m 57.3 s |
| declination | -06 ° 09 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E5 |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 103 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005674 ± 0.000025 |
| Radial velocity | (1701 ± 7) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(70 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (21.5 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 5, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3818 • UGC A 243 • PGC 36304 • MCG -01-30-023 • 2MASX J11415735-0609203 • GC 2504 • H III 284 • h 948 • | |
NGC 3818 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E6 in the constellation Virgo. It is estimated to be 70 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 5, 1785 .