NGC 4089
Galaxy NGC 4089 |
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NGC 4091 & NGC 4089 | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Berenike's hair |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 12 h 05 m 37.431 s |
declination | + 20 ° 33 ′ 20.55 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | E? |
Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | WBL 374 |
Redshift | 0.024240 ± 0.000087 |
Radial velocity | 7267 ± 26 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(323 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (99.0 ± 6.9) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
Discovery date | May 4, 1864 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 4089 • PGC 38298 • CGCG 128-020 • MCG + 04-29-017 • 2MASX J12053741 + 2033207 • GALEX ASC J120537.54 + 203320.9 • LDCE 864 NED014 • WISEA J120537.43 + 203320.5 |
NGC 4089 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E0 with an active galaxy core in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is an estimated 323 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter. Presumably it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair together with NGC 4091 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4092 , NGC 4093 , NGC 4095 , NGC 4098 .
The object was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on May 4, 1864 .
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