NGC 3818
| NGC 3818 | |
|---|---|
 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 3818 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Right ascension | 11h 41m 57.35927s[1] |
| Declination | −06° 09′ 20.4484″[1] |
| Distance | 118 ± 12 Mly (36.3 ± 3.6 Mpc)[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | E5[2] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.163′ × 0.768′[3] |
| Other designations | |
| GSC 04937-00483, LEDA 36304, UGCA 243[4] | |
NGC 3818 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo.[5] It is at a distance of about 118 million light-years away from Earth.[2] In the center of NGC 3818 lies a supermassive black hole. NGC 3818 was discovered by William Herschel on March 5, 1785.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
- ^ a b c Trinchieri, G.; et al. (May 2015). "Investigating early-type galaxy evolution with a multiwavelength approach - I. X-ray properties of 12 galaxies observed with Swift and XMM-Newton". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 449 (3): 3021–3042. Bibcode:2015MNRAS.449.3021T. doi:10.1093/mnras/stv466.
- ^ Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
- ^ "NGC 3818". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
- ^ "NGC 3818 - Elliptical Galaxy". theskylive.com. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
- ^ Seligman. "Sky Atlas". Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "NGC/IC Project Restoration Efforts". ngcicproject.observers.org. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
External links
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Media related to NGC 3818 at Wikimedia Commons
