NGC 6089
| Galaxy NGC 6089 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Northern crown |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 12 m 40.7 s |
| declination | + 33 ° 02 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0-a |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 42 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.032045 ± 0.000093 |
| Radial velocity | (9607 ± 28) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(435 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (133.5 ± 9.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 28, 1791 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6089 • PGC 57491 • CGCG 196-004, 196-091 • MCG + 06-36-01 • KUG 1610 + 331A • GC 4172 • H III 889 • h 1949 • | |
NGC 6089 is a 14.1 mag bright lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Northern Crown and about 435 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered on May 28, 1791 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "vF, S, R, comparbM".
NGC 6089 has a small and compact galaxy as a faint companion (called NCGC 6089-2 , Hubble type "C", apparent magnitude 14.5 mag, apparent size 0.3 ′ × 0.3 ′).