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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.