NGC 389
| Galaxy data from NGC 389 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 08 m 29.9 s |
| declination | + 39 ° 41 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 54 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017819 ± 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | 5342 ± 30 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(246 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (75.4 ± 5.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis A. Swift |
| Discovery date | September 6, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 389 • UGC 703 • PGC 4054 • CGCG 520-017 • MCG + 06-03-014 • 2MASX J01082993 + 3941436 • 2MASS J01082993 + 3941435 • USGC U044 NED02 | |
NGC 389 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Andromeda in the northern sky . It is an estimated 246 million light years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 393 .
The object was discovered on September 6, 1885 by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift .
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