NGC 3818

NGC 3818 is an elliptical galaxy in the Constellation Virgo.^[5] It is at a distance of about 118 million light-years away from Earth.^[2] In the center of NGC 3818 lies a supermassive black hole. NGC 3818 was discovered by William Herschel on March 5, 1785.^[6][7]

NGC 3818
Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 3818
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Virgo
Right ascension	11h 41m 57.35927s[1]
Declination	−06° 09′ 20.4484″[1]
Distance	118 ± 12 Mly (36.3 ± 3.6 Mpc)[2]
Characteristics
Type	E5[2]
Apparent size (V)	1.163′ × 0.768′[3]
Other designations
GSC 04937-00483, LEDA 36304, UGCA 243[4]