Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.008397711412173381
- Morphology
- Sb
- Coordinates
- RA 20.4745° · Dec 9.2066°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Right ascension
- 01 21 53.9
- Declination
- 09 ° 12 ′ 24 ″
- Redshift
- 0.008362/2507 km/s
- Distance
- 97 million ly
- Type
- S?
- Apparent size v
- 1.7′ x 0.4″
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Distance from Earth
- 33.65
- Image
- NGC 0489 SDSS.jpg
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- radial velocity
- 2487
- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 2579159575287008512
- discoverer or inventor
- Heinrich Louis d'Arrest
- time of discovery or invention
- 1862-12-22
- redshift
- 0.008349
- galaxy morphological type
- S
- apparent magnitude
- 9.558
- Commons category
- NGC 489
- right ascension
- 20.47454245989440
- declination
- 9.20662907660120
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 489 is probably an edge-on spiral galaxy located about 97 million Light-years away from Earth in the constellation Pisces. NGC 489's calculated velocity is 2507 km/s. NGC 489 was discovered by German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on December 22, 1862.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 489” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.