NGC 4918
| NGC 4918 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 4918 withlegacy surveys | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Right ascension | 13h01m50.629s[1] |
| Declination | −04° 30′ 02.01″[1] |
| Redshift | 9833 km/s[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 0.032800[2] |
| Apparent magnitude(V) | 15.1[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SA0+:[2] |
| Size | 135,900ly(41,660pc)[2][note 1] |
| Apparent size(V) | 1.0′ × 0.5′[2] |
| Other designations | |
| NGC3411,PGC44934[3] | |
NGC4918[4]is aspiral galaxyin theconstellationVirgo.The object was discovered in1886by the American astronomerFrancis Preserved Leavenworth.[5]
References
[edit]- ^abSkrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006)."The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)".The Astronomical Journal.131(2): 1163–1183.Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S.doi:10.1086/498708.ISSN0004-6256.S2CID18913331.
- ^abcdef"NED results for object NGC 4918".NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database.National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Infrared Processing and Analysis Center.Retrieved13 May2018.
- ^"NGC 4918".SIMBAD.Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.Retrieved10 May2018.
- ^"Revised NGC Data for NGC 4918".spider.seds.org.Retrieved2018-04-13.
- ^Seligman, Courtney."New General Catalogue objects: NGC 4900 - 4949".cseligman.Retrieved11 May2018.
Notes
[edit]- ^RC3 D25;R25(blue) values used.
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