Q496342

Also known as New General Catalogue 89, Robert's Quartet 3, ESO 194-11, AM 0018-485, PGC 1374

spiral galaxy in the constellation Phoenix

Key facts

Constellation: Phoenix
Right ascension: 00 21 24.355
Declination: −48 ° 39 ′ 55.28 ″
Redshift: 0.011074 ± 0.000067
Distance: 144 ± 10 Mly (44.1 ± 3.1 Mpc )
Type: SB0/a pec
Apparent size v: 0′.957 × 0′.459

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Distance from Earth: 160000000
Image: Phot-34a-05-fullres.jpg

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apparent magnitude: 13.3
Commons category: NGC 89
catalog code: APMBGC 194+099-060
galaxy morphological type: Sa:
time of discovery or invention: 1834-09-30
right ascension: 5.3514792
declination: -48.6653556
redshift: 0.011074
radial velocity: 3824

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NGC 89 is a barred spiral or lenticular galaxy, part of Robert's Quartet, a group of four interacting galaxies.

This member has a Seyfert 2 nucleus with extra-planar features emitting H-alpha radiation. There are filamentary features on each side of the disk, including a jet-like structure extending about 4 kpc in the NE direction. It may have lost its neutral hydrogen (H1) gas due to interactions with the other members of the clusters—most likely NGC 92.