NGC 4089

NGC 4089 is an elliptical galaxy located 340 million light-years away[2] in the constellation Coma Berenices.[3] NGC 4089 was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on May 4, 1864[4] and is a member of the NGC 4065 Group.[5][6][7][8]

NGC 4089
SDSS image of NGC 4089. NGC 4091 can be seen to the left the image.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationComa Berenices
Right ascension12h 05m 37.4s[1]
Declination20° 33′ 21″[1]
Redshift0.024240[1]
Helio radial velocity7267 km/s[1]
Distance340 Mly (103 Mpc)[1]
Group or clusterNGC 4065 Group
Apparent magnitude (V)14.65[1]
Characteristics
TypeE?[1]
Size~100,000 ly (31 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)0.8 x 0.8[1]
Other designations
PGC 038298, MCG +04-29-017[1]

The galaxy also hosts an AGN.[9]

See also

References
  1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4089. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  2. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  3. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 4089". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  4. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4050 - 4099". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  5. Gregory, S. A.; Thompson, L. A. (1978-06-01). "The Coma/A1367 supercluster and its environs". The Astrophysical Journal. 222: 784–799. Bibcode:1978ApJ...222..784G. doi:10.1086/156198. ISSN 0004-637X.
  6. Tifft, W. G.; Gregory, S. A. (1979-07-01). "Band theory applied to the Coma/A1367 supercluster". The Astrophysical Journal. 231: 23–27. Bibcode:1979ApJ...231...23T. doi:10.1086/157158. ISSN 0004-637X.
  7. Burns, Jack O.; Hanisch, Robert J.; White, Richard A.; Nelson, Eric R.; Morrisette, Kim A.; Moody, J. Ward (1987-09-01). "A VLA 20 CM survey of poor groups of galaxies". The Astronomical Journal. 94: 587–617. Bibcode:1987AJ.....94..587B. doi:10.1086/114494. ISSN 0004-6256.
  8. White, Richard A.; Bliton, Mark; Bhavsar, Suketu P.; Bornmann, Patricia; Burns, Jack O.; Ledlow, Michael J.; Loken, Christen (1999-11-01). "A Catalog of Nearby Poor Clusters of Galaxies". The Astronomical Journal. 118 (5): 2014–2037. arXiv:astro-ph/9907283. Bibcode:1999AJ....118.2014W. doi:10.1086/301103. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 73667751.
  9. "NGC 4089". sim-basic. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  • Media related to NGC 4089 at Wikimedia Commons


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