Astronomy:NGC 4089

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation of Coma Berenices
NGC 4089
SDSS NGC 4089.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 4089. NGC 4091 can be seen to the left the image.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationComa Berenices
Right ascension 12h 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]

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]

The galaxy hosts an AGN.[9]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4089. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/. 
  2. "Your NED Search Results". https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+4089&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES. 
  3. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 4089". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC4089. 
  4. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4050 - 4099". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc40a.htm#4089. 
  5. Gregory, S. A.; Thompson, L. A. (1978-06-01). "The Coma/A1367 supercluster and its environs". The Astrophysical Journal 222: 784–799. doi:10.1086/156198. ISSN 0004-637X. Bibcode1978ApJ...222..784G. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1092&context=physicsfacpub. 
  6. Tifft, W. G.; Gregory, S. A. (1979-07-01). "Band theory applied to the Coma/A1367 supercluster". The Astrophysical Journal 231: 23–27. doi:10.1086/157158. ISSN 0004-637X. Bibcode1979ApJ...231...23T. 
  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. doi:10.1086/114494. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode1987AJ.....94..587B. 
  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. doi:10.1086/301103. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode1999AJ....118.2014W. 
  9. "NGC 4089". http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+4089&submit=SIMBAD+search. 

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