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Object Information

Caldwell 18

Image: Digitized Sky Survey
Image: Digitized Sky Survey

This is a small elliptical galaxy which orbits around the Andromeda galaxy, and sits just 2 million light years from Earth.



Facts and Figures


Object type: An Elliptical Galaxy.
Distance: 19,400,000,000,000,000,000 km.
Size (approximate diameter): 2,780,000,000,000,000,000 km.


Visibility today and tonight
From the LT:
From the Siding Spring 0.4m:
From the Siding Spring 1m:
From the Siding Spring 2m:
From the SAAO 0.4m:
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From the Teide 0.4m:
From the Teide 1m:
From the CTIO 0.4m:
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From the McDonald 0.4m:
From the McDonald 1m:
From the Haleakala 0.4m:
From the Haleakala 2m:
From the UK:
 
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