NGC 3089
| Galaxy NGC 3089 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Air pump |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 59 m 36.7 s |
| declination | -28 ° 19 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) b / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 139 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 3054 group LGG 185 |
| Redshift | 0.009033 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 2708 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(112 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (34.2 ± 2.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 5, 1837 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3089 • PGC 28882 • ESO 435-024 • MCG -05-24-014 • 2MASX J09593665-2819530 • SGC 095721-2805.4 • GALEX ASC J095936.69-281953.3 • LDCE 0729 NED028 | |
NGC 3089 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation areas of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Antlia in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 112 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light-years across.
The galaxy is a member of the NGC 3054 group , which continues to include NGC 3051 , NGC 3054 , NGC 3078 , NGC 3084 , IC 2531 , IC 2537 , ESO 499-026, and PGC 28874 .
The object was discovered on February 5, 1837 by the British astronomer John Herschel .
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