NGC 4518
| Galaxy NGC 4518 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 33 m 11.7 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 51 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0 (r) / a / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 '× 0.4' |
| Position angle | 177 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster (??) |
| Redshift | 0.021828 +/- 0.000107 |
| Radial velocity | 6544 +/- 32 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(289 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (88.7 ± 6.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 27, 1827 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4518 • PGC 41674 • CGCG 042-150 • MCG + 01-32-095 • 2MASX J12331176 + 0751057 • VCC 1484 • GALEX ASC J123311.86 + 075104.7 • LEDA 41674 | |
NGC 4518 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated at 289 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 85,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4526 , NGC 4535 , NGC 4560 , IC 3438 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on December 27, 1827 .