NGC 418
| Galaxy NGC 418 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sculptor |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 10 m 35.6 s |
| declination | -30 ° 13 ′ 17 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) c / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 12 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019036 ± 0.000026 |
| Radial velocity | 5707 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(254 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (77.8 ± 5.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 28, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 418 • PGC 4189 • ESO 412-009 • MCG -05-04-002 • IRAS 01082-3029 • 2MASX J01103561-3013165 • SGC 010814-3029.2 • GC 227 • h 2385 • HIPASS J0110-30 • LDCE 77 NED001 | |
NGC 418 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Sculptor in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 254 million light years from the Milky Way and about 150,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 1637 .
The Type IIP supernova SN 2014co was observed here.
It was discovered as a foggy object on September 28, 1834 by the British astronomer John Herschel in South Africa.
Web links
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