NGC 5518
| Galaxy NGC 5518 |
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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 13 m 47.7 s |
| declination | + 20 ° 50 ′ 54 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E-S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015991 +/- 0.000147 |
| Radial velocity | 4794 +/- 44 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(216 ± 15) x 10 6 ly (66.1 ± 4.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | May 10, 1882 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5518 • PGC 50817 • CGCG 133-013 • MCG + 04-34-06 • | |
NGC 5518 is a 14.0 mag bright lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type E-S0 in the constellation Bear Keeper and about 216 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered on May 10, 1882 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 5518. SIMBAD, accessed March 12, 2016 .
- NGC 5518. DSO Browser, accessed March 12, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5518. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 12, 2016 (English).