NGC 5918
| Galaxy NGC 5918 |
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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 | 15 h 19 m 25.2 s |
| declination | + 45 ° 52 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 85 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017212 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (5160 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(236 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (72.5 ± 5.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 26, 1830 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5918 • UGC 9817 • PGC 54690 • CGCG 249-016 • MCG + 08-28-17 • IRAS 15177 + 4603 • GC 4096 • h 1920 • | |
NGC 5918 is a 13.2 likes bright spiral radio galaxy from the Hubble type Sc in the constellation Bootes and about 236 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered by John Herschel on April 26, 1830 .
Web links
- NGC 5918. SIMBAD, accessed May 11, 2016 .
- NGC 5918. DSO Browser, accessed May 11, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5918. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 11, 2016 .