Q622708

Also known as New General Catalogue 88, Robert's Quartet 2, ESO 194-10, AM 0018-485, PGC 1370

spiral galaxy in the constellation Phoenix

Key facts

Constellation: Phoenix
Right ascension: 00 21 21.8
Declination: −48 ° 38 ′ 25 ″
Distance: 160 Mly
Type: SB(rs)a pec
Apparent size v: 0.8 ′ × 0.5 ′

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth: 160000000
Image: Phot-34a-05-fullres.jpg

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Commons category: NGC 88
catalog code: APMBGC 194+099-061
redshift: 0.011615
time of discovery or invention: 1834-09-30
apparent magnitude: 12.609
galaxy morphological type: S
right ascension: 5.3422167
declination: -48.6400778
radial velocity: 3462

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NGC 88 is a barred spiral galaxy exhibiting an inner ring structure located about 160 million light years from the Earth in the Phoenix constellation. NGC 88 is interacting with the galaxies NGC 92, NGC 87 and NGC 89. It is part of a family of galaxies called Robert's Quartet discovered by astronomer John Herschel in the 1830s.

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