NGC 4918
| Galaxy NGC 4918 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 01 m 50.6 s |
| declination | -04 ° 30 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0 +? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 71 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.032800 +/- 0.000213 |
| Radial velocity | 9833 +/- 64 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(435 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (133.5 ± 9.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4918 • PGC 44934 • | |
NGC 4918 is a 14.4 mag bright galaxy of the Hubble type S0-a in the constellation of Virgo . It is an estimated 435 million light years away from the Milky Way .
It was discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth in 1886 .
Web links
- NGC 4918. SIMBAD, accessed February 22, 2015 .
- NGC 4918. DSO Browser, accessed February 22, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4918. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 22, 2015 (English).