NGC 218

Galaxy in the constellation Andromeda

UGC 480
UGC 480 (right) interacting with PGC 2726 Credit: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Andromeda
Right ascension	00^h 46^m 32.0^s^[1]
Declination	+36° 19′ 32″^[1]
Redshift	0.037426^[1]
Distance	~500 Mly^[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.50^[1]
Apparent magnitude (B)	13.6^[3]
Characteristics
Type	S^[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.5' × 1.2'^[1]
Other designations
UGC 480, UGC 480 W, CGCG 519-021, MCG +06-02-016, VV 527A, KPG 16A, 2MASX J00463200+3619318, 2MASXi J0046319+361932, IRAS 00438+3603, F00437+3603, PGC 2720.^[1]

NGC 218, also known as UGC 480, is a spiral galaxy located approximately 500 million light-years from the Sun^[2] in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered on October 17, 1876 by Édouard Stephan, and is interacting with the galaxy PGC 2726.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0218. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
^ ^a ^b An object's distance from Earth can be determined using Hubble's law: v=H_o is Hubble's constant (70±5 (km/s)/Mpc). The relative uncertainty Δd/d divided by the distance is equal to the sum of the relative uncertainties of the velocity and v=H_o
^ "UGC 480". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 200 - 249". Cseligman. Retrieved September 10, 2016.

External links

Media related to NGC 218 at Wikimedia Commons
NGC 218 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
SEDS

New General Catalogue 1 to 499

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NGC	NGC 213 NGC 214 NGC 215 NGC 216 NGC 217 NGC 218 NGC 219 NGC 220 NGC 221 NGC 222 NGC 223
PGC	PGC 2716 PGC 2717 PGC 2718 PGC 2719 PGC 2720 PGC 2721 PGC 2722 PGC 2723 PGC 2724
UGC	UGC 476 UGC 477 UGC 478 UGC 479 UGC 480 UGC 481 UGC 482 UGC 483 UGC 484

Constellation of Andromeda

Stars

Bayer	α (Alpheratz) β (Mirach) γ (Almach) δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ (Adhil) ο π ρ σ τ υ (Titawin) φ χ ψ ω A b c υ Per (Nembus)
Flamsteed	2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 (Veritate) 15 18 22 23 26 28 32 36 39 41 44 45 47 55 56 58 59 63 64 65 66 6 Per
Variable	R T U W Z RT RV RX SU SW TU TW WZ XZ AB AC AD AE AF AR BM BX CC CG CN DS DX EG ET EU FF GP GQ GX GR GY HH HN IW KK KX KZ LL LN LP LQ OP OS OU PX PY QO QR QV QX V385 V428 V439 V455 V529 V807
HR	1 40 56 78 104 122 134 178 275 282 283 289 379 410 483 687 746 748 8884 8925 8950 8962 8973 9011 9074 9075 9105
HD	16175 (Buna) 222155
Other	3XMM J004232.1+411314 ADS 48 HAT-P-6 (Sterrennacht) HAT-P-16 HAT-P-19 HAT-P-28 M31-RV KELT-1 NGC 44 NGC 82 NGC 84 NGC 91 NGC 162 NGC 464 Qatar-3 Qatar-4 PA-99-N2 WASP-1 WISE 0146+4234 WISE J0005+3737 WISE J004945.61+215120.0

Exoplanets	14 Andromedae b κ Andromedae b υ Andromedae b c d Gliese 15 Ab c HD 13931 b HD 16175 b HAT-P-6b HAT-P-32b WASP-1b WASP-33b Qatar-4b Qatar-5b

Star
clusters

NGC	206 272 752 956 7686
Other	Mayall II RBC EXT8

Nebulae

NGC	7662

Galaxies

Messier	32 110
NGC	5 11 13 19 20 21 27 39 43 48 49 51 67 68 69 70 71 72 74 76 79 80 81 83 85 86 90 93 94 96 97 108 109 112 140 149 160 169 181 183 184 214 218 226 228 229 233 243 252 258 260 262 280 304 317 389 393 404 425 431 477 512 513 523 528 529 531 536 542 561 605 620 668 679 687 700 703 704 705 708 709 710 712 714 717 721 732 753 759 801 812 834 891 906 910 911 912 913 920 937 980 995 996 999 1000 7640 7836
Numbered	I II III IV V VIII IX X XI XVIII XIX XXI
Other	3C 66A 3C 66B Andromeda Galaxy Arp 273 Donatiello I