NGC 118
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irregular galaxy in the constellation Cetus
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Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 118 is referenced by 952 other articles, and connects out to list of NGC objects (1–1000), epoch and NGC 241.
It sits within the topics Cetus, Markarian galaxies and NGC objects.
Its subject is documented across 36 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 00 27 16.222
- Declination
- −01 ° 46 ′ 48.50 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 10982 km/s
- Distance
- 524.5 ± 36.9 Mly (160.81 ± 11.30 Mpc )
- Type
- S(rs)a? pec
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Image
- NGC 0118 SDSS.jpg
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- Commons category
- NGC 118
- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 2541099881506897024
- discoverer or inventor
- Wilhelm Tempel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1880-09-27
- redshift
- 0.037329
- apparent magnitude
- 10.354
- galaxy morphological type
- cG
- right ascension
- 6.81760295455690
- declination
- -1.78014430313390
- radial velocity
- 10982
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 118 is a spiral galaxy of type S(rs)a? pec with an apparent magnitude of 13.6 located in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on September 23, 1867, by the astronomer Truman Safford.
See also
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 118” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Connections
list of NGC objects (1–1000)
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NGC 241
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NGC 945
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Cetus
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