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Q622708
Sign in to saveAlso known as New General Catalogue 88, Robert's Quartet 2, ESO 194-10, AM 0018-485, PGC 1370
spiral galaxy in the constellation Phoenix
Key facts
- Constellation
- Phoenix
- Right ascension
- 00 21 21.8
- Declination
- −48 ° 38 ′ 25 ″
- Distance
- 160 Mly
- Type
- SB(rs)a pec
- Apparent size v
- 0.8 ′ × 0.5 ′
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 88 is a barred spiral galaxy exhibiting an inner ring structure located about 160 million light years from the Earth in the Phoenix constellation. NGC 88 is interacting with the galaxies NGC 92, NGC 87 and NGC 89. It is part of a family of galaxies called Robert's Quartet discovered by astronomer John Herschel in the 1830s.
References
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