Right ascension 00 21 24.355 Redshift 0.011074 ± 0.000067 Apparent size (V) 0′.957 × 0′.459 Constellation Phoenix | Declination −48° 39′ 55.28″ Type SB0/a pec Magnitude 14.2 Apparent magnitude (V) 14.2 | |
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Distance 144 ± 10 Mly (44.1 ± 3.1 Mpc) Similar NGC 88, NGC 87, NGC 92, NGC 98, NGC 95 | ||
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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