NGC 1089
| Galaxy NGC 1089 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 46 m 10.1 s |
| declination | -15 ° 04 ′ 23 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E2 or SA0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 15 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.027042 ± 0.000087 |
| Radial velocity | 8107 ± 26 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(360 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (110.5 ± 7.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | September 29, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1089 • PGC 10481 • MCG -03-08-020 • 2MASX J02461014-1504231 • GALEX ASC J024610.02-150421.9 • LDCE 198 NED009 | |
NGC 1089 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E1 in the constellation Eridanus the southern sky . It is estimated to be 360 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 95,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1076 , NGC 1081 , NGC 1083 , NGC 1105 , among others .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on September 29, 1886 .