NGC 2089
| Galaxy NGC 2089 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hare |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05 h 47 m 51.4 s |
| declination | -17 ° 36 ′ 09 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 39 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009960 +/- 0.000060 |
| Radial velocity | 2986 +/- 18 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(127 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (38.8 ± 2.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 6, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2089 • PGC 17860 • ESO 554-036 • MCG -03-15-016 • IRAS 05456-1738 • 2MASX J05475142-1736084 • SGC 054539-1737.1 • GC 1287 • H III 270 • LDCE 0407 NED010 | |
NGC 2089 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type I / SB0 in the constellation Hare south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 127 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 75,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 2076 .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on February 6, 1785 .