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NGC 6918

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NGC 6918

Summary

NGC 6918 is a galaxy[1]. NGC 6918 has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • NGC 6918 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel[3].
  • NGC 6918's image is recorded as NGC 6918 legacy dr10.jpg[4].
  • NGC 6918's instance of is recorded as galaxy[5].
  • NGC 6918's constellation is recorded as Indus[6].
  • NGC 6918's galaxy morphological type is recorded as Sa[7].
  • NGC 6918's catalog code is recorded as NGC 6918[8].
  • NGC 6918's catalog code is recorded as IRAS F20272-4738[9].
  • NGC 6918's catalog code is recorded as PGC 64851[10].
  • NGC 6918's catalog code is recorded as ESO 234-40[11].
  • NGC 6918's catalog code is recorded as IRAS 20272-4738[12].
  • NGC 6918's catalog code is recorded as 2MASX J20304713-4728256[13].
  • NGC 6918's catalog code is recorded as ESO-LV 234-0400[14].
  • NGC 6918's catalog code is recorded as 6dFGS gJ203047.1-472825[15].
  • NGC 6918's catalog code is recorded as SGC 202715-4738.4[16].
  • NGC 6918's catalog code is recorded as PSCz Q20272-4738[17].
  • NGC 6918's catalog code is recorded as LEDA 64851[18].
  • NGC 6918's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR2 6668608842178718720[19].
  • NGC 6918's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1834-07-01T00:00:00Z[20].
  • NGC 6918's redshift is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.006'}[21].
  • NGC 6918's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.6'}[22].
  • NGC 6918's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.46'}[23].
  • NGC 6918's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.06'}[24].
  • NGC 6918's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+17.0860'}[25].
  • NGC 6918's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.327'}[26].
  • NGC 6918's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.596'}[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

NGC 6918 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 6918 has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Optical Classification of Southern Warm Infrared Galaxies. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . The surface photometry catalogue of the ESO-Uppsala galaxies. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . The surface photometry catalogue of the ESO-Uppsala galaxies. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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