NGC 718

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Galaxy
NGC 718
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NGC 718 SDSS image
NGC 718 SDSS image
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Constellation fishes
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 53 m 13.315 s
declination + 4 ° 11 ′ 45.3 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SAB (s) a  
Brightness  (visual) 11.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 12.6 mag
Angular expansion 2.3 ′ × 2.2 ′
Position angle 45 °
Surface brightness 13.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.005781 ± 0.000033  
Radial velocity 1733 ± 10 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(80 ± 6)  ·  10 6  ly
(24.5 ± 1.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery Wilhelm Herschel
Discovery date December 13, 1784
Catalog names
NGC  718 • UGC  1356 • PGC  6993 • CGCG  412-039 • MCG  + 01-05-041 • IRAS  01506 + 0357 • 2MASX  J01531331 + 0411453 • GC  430 • H  II 270 • h  164 • GALEX ASC J015313.18 + 041143.3

NGC 718 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 80 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 55,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies IC 174 , IC 1746 , IC 1750 , IC 1754 .

The object was discovered on December 13, 1784 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC Extragalactic Database
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 718