NGC 918 | |
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![]() NGC 918 by the Mount Lemmon SkyCenter | |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Aries |
Right ascension | 02h 25m 50.7648s [1] |
Declination | +18° 29′ 46.987″ [1] |
Redshift | 0.005037 [1] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 1510 ± 1 km/s [1] |
Distance | 20.6±1.5 mpc [2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 15.01 [3] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 16.0 [3] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SAB(rs)c [1] |
Size | ~70,500 ly (21.63 kpc) (estimated) [1] |
Apparent size (V) | 3.5′ × 2.0′ [1] |
Other designations | |
IRAS 02230+1816, UGC 1888, MCG +03-07-011, PGC 9236, CGCG 462-011 [3] [1] |
NGC 918 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Aries, about 67 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by John Herschel on Jan 11, 1831. [4]
The brightness class of NGC 918 is III and it has a broad line of neutral hydrogen. NGC 918 is also an active nucleus galaxy (AGN). Moreover, it is a field galaxy which does not belong to a cluster or group and is therefore gravitationally isolated. [5]
Many non-redshift measures give a distance of 19,115 ± 6,160 Mpc (~62,3 million ly), [6] which is within the distances calculated using the value shift. [2]
Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 918: