NGC 5418
| Galaxy NGC 5418 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Bear keeper |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 02 m 17.6 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 41 ′ 03 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 44 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 368 |
| Redshift | 0.015217 +/- 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | (4562 +/- 10) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(203 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (62.3 ± 4.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 24, 1830 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5418 • UGC 8946 • PGC 49997 • CGCG 046-040 • MCG + 01-36-16 • IRAS 13597 + 0755 • GC 3747 • h 8946 • LDCE 1022 NED003 | |
NGC 5418 is a 13.6 mag bar -spiral shaped radio galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Bear Guardian and 203 million light years from the Milky Way.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on April 24, 1830 .
Web links
- NGC 5418. SIMBAD, accessed March 1, 2016 .
- NGC 5418. DSO Browser, accessed March 1, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5418. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 1, 2016 (English).