NGC 6118
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ngc-6118-181-13935133
title:
NGC 6118
text:
NGC 6118 is a grand design spiral galaxy located 83 million light-years away in the constellation Serpens. It was discovered on 14 April 1785 by German-British astronomer William Herschel. NGC 6118 measures roughly 110,000 light-years across; about the same as our own galaxy, the Milky Way. Its shape is classified as SA(s)cd, meaning that it is unbarred and has several rather loosely wound spiral arms. The large numbers of bright bluish knots are active star-forming regions where some very lumin
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Galaxy in the constellation Serpens
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_6118
date created:
2008-12-08T03:02:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T22:07:07Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q1125837","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1125837"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/53/Galaxy_NGC_6118_ESO.jpg","width":1996,"height":1710}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16