NGC 889
| Galaxy NGC 889 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Phoenix |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 19 m 06.9 s |
| declination | -41 ° 44 ′ 58 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E1 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 103 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017309 +/- 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 5189 +/- 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(228 ± 16) · 10 6 ly (69.8 ± 4.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 5, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 889 • PGC 8843 • ESO 298-027 • MCG -07-05-016 • 2MASX J02190690-4144574 • SGC 021707-4158.7 • LDCE 164 NED002 | |
NGC 889 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E1 in the constellation Phoenix on southern sky . It is estimated to be 228 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 65,000 ly
. a. the galaxies NGC 893 and IC 1796 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on September 5, 1834 .