NGC 6418
| Galaxy NGC 6418 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 38 m 09.3 s |
| declination | + 58 ° 42 ′ 54 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 168 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028597 +/- 0.000077 |
| Radial velocity | 8573 +/- 23 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(392 ± 27) x 10 6 ly (120.2 ± 8.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edward Swift |
| Discovery date | May 4, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6418 • PGC 60610 • CGCG 300-054 • MCG + 10-25-074 • 2MASX J17380933 + 5842537 • | |
NGC 6418 is a 14.4 mag bright spiral Seyfert galaxy (type 1) of the Hubble type S? in the constellation of Dragon , which is an estimated 392 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Edward D. Swift on May 4, 1885 .
Web links
- NGC 6418. SIMBAD, accessed August 1, 2016 .
- NGC 6418. DSO Browser, accessed August 1, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6418. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on August 1, 2016 .