Q496342
Sign in to saveAlso known as New General Catalogue 89, Robert's Quartet 3, ESO 194-11, AM 0018-485, PGC 1374
spiral galaxy in the constellation Phoenix
Key facts
- Constellation
- Phoenix
- Right ascension
- 00 21 24.355
- Declination
- −48 ° 39 ′ 55.28 ″
- Redshift
- 0.011074 ± 0.000067
- Distance
- 144 ± 10 Mly (44.1 ± 3.1 Mpc )
- Type
- SB0/a pec
- Apparent size v
- 0′.957 × 0′.459
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 89 is a barred spiral or lenticular galaxy, part of Robert's Quartet, a group of four interacting galaxies.
This member has a Seyfert 2 nucleus with extra-planar features emitting H-alpha radiation. There are filamentary features on each side of the disk, including a jet-like structure extending about 4 kpc in the NE direction. It may have lost its neutral hydrogen (H1) gas due to interactions with the other members of the clusters—most likely NGC 92.
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