NGC 918

galaxy

Key facts

Constellation: Aries
Right ascension: 02 25 50.7648
Declination: +18 ° 29 ′ 46.987 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity: 1510 ± 1 km/s
Distance: 20.6±1.5 mpc
Type: SAB(rs)c
Size: ~70,500 ly (21.63 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v: 3.5′ × 2.0′

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Image: NGC 0918 DSS.jpg

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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.

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.