NGC 218

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]

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	00h 46m 32.0s[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]

See also

• Spiral galaxy
• List of NGC objects (1–1000)
• Andromeda (constellation)