NGC 5618
| Galaxy NGC 5618 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 27 m 11.8 s |
| declination | -02 ° 15 ′ 45 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 10 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023790 +/- 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | 7132 +/- 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(317 ± 22) · 10 6 ly (97.3 ± 6.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 23, 1789 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5618 • UGC 9250 • PGC 51603 • CGCG 019-026 • MCG + 00-37-05 • GC 3886 • H III 763 • | |
NGC 5618 is a 13.5 mag barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Virgo and about 317 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered on March 23, 1789 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "eF, S".