Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.017559
- Morphology
- SO
- Coordinates
- RA 14.5218° · Dec 30.4255°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Right ascension
- 00 58 05.2
- Declination
- +30 ° 25 ′ 32 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 5,307 km/s
- Type
- S0
- Apparent size v
- 0.50' × 0.20'
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Distance from Earth
- 71.59
- Image
- NGC318 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 311723920275922944
- galaxy morphological type
- S0
- discoverer or inventor
- William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse
- time of discovery or invention
- 1850-11-19
- apparent magnitude
- 10.904
- redshift
- 0.017559
- Commons category
- NGC 318
- right ascension
- 14.52179618127990
- declination
- 30.42553718277660
- radial velocity
- 5218
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 318 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on November 29, 1850 by Bindon Stoney.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 318” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.