NGC 5318
| Galaxy NGC 5318 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 50 m 36.0 s |
| declination | + 33 ° 42 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0? / Sy? |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 165 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014440 +/- 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 4329 +/- 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(196 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (60.1 ± 4.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 2, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5318 • UGC 8751 • PGC 49139 • CGCG 190-063 • MCG 6-30-96 • 2MASX J13503603 + 3342174 • GC 3668 • H III 423 • h 1679 • LDCE 1003 NED006 | |
NGC 5318 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Hounds in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 196 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on May 2, 1785 by the astronomer William Herschel using his 18.7 inch mirror telescope.