A Neutral Hydrogen Cloud in the Vicinity of the Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4318

Abstract

NGC 4318, in the Virgo Cluster, has the following optical properties: —morphological type: E (Nilson, 1973)—BoT magnitude : 13.8 (Nilson, 1973)—photometric axis : 0.8′ × 0.6′ (Nilson, 1973)—heliocentric radial velocity: −300 km s−1 (Arakelian et al., 1975)1247± 15 km s (Tonry, 1981)1215 km s−1 (Huchra et al., 1983)