Astronomy:NGC 4918
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Short description: Spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo
| NGC 4918 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 4918 with legacy surveys | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Right ascension | 13h 01m 50.629s[1] |
| Declination | −04° 30′ 02.01″[1] |
| Redshift | 9833 km/s[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 0.032800[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 15.1[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SA0+:[2] |
| Size | 135,900 ly (41,660 pc)[2][note 1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.0′ × 0.5′[2] |
| Other designations | |
| NGC 3411, PGC 44934[3] | |
NGC 4918[4] is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo. The object was discovered in 1886 by the American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W. et al. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode: 2006AJ....131.1163S.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "NED results for object NGC 4918". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+4918&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES.
- ↑ "NGC 4918". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+4918.
- ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 4918". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC4918.
- ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 4900 - 4949". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc49.htm#4918.
Notes
- ↑ RC3 D25; R25 (blue) values used.
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