NGC 518
| Galaxy NGC 518 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 24 m 17.6 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 19 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sa: |
| Brightness (visual) | +13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | +14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.62 ′ × 0.56 ′ |
| Position angle | 98 ° |
| Surface brightness | +13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 524 group LGG 23 |
| Redshift | 0.009090 +/- 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | 2725 +/- 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(126 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (38.5 ± 2.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | December 17, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 518 • UGC 952 • PGC 5161 • CGCG 411-047 • MCG + 01-04-049 • IRAS F01216 + 0904 • 2MASX J01241762 + 0919514 • GALEX ASC J012417.35 + 091952.7 • LDCE 85 NED009 | |
NGC 518 is a spiral galaxy from the Hubble type Sa in the constellation fish on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 126 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 509 , NGC 516 , NGC 524 , NGC 532 .
The object was discovered on December 17, 1864 by the German astronomer Albert Marth .
Web links
Commons : NGC 518 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
