NGC 5818
| Galaxy NGC 5818 |
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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 58 m 58.4 s |
| declination | + 49 ° 49 ′ 17 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026191 ± 0.000170 |
| Radial velocity | (7852 ± 51) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(357 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (109.4 ± 7.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | April 23, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5818 • UGC 9643 • PGC 53530 • CGCG 248-039 • MCG + 08-27-46 • LDCE 1100 NED001 | |
NGC 5818 is a 13.8 mag bright lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Bear Keeper and about 357 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on April 23, 1887 .
Web links
- NGC 5818. SIMBAD, accessed April 26, 2016 .
- NGC 5818. DSO Browser, accessed April 26, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5818. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on April 26, 2016 (English).