NGC 489

Spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces

NGC 489
SDSS image of NGC 489
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Pisces
Right ascension	01^h 21^m 53.9^s^[1]
Declination	09° 12′ 24″^[1]
Redshift	0.008362/2507 km/s^[1]
Distance	97 million ly
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.55^[1]
Characteristics
Type	S? ^[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.7′ x 0.4″^[1]
Other designations
CGCG 411-34, MCG 1-4-34, PGC 4957, UGC 908 ^[1]

NGC 489 is probably an edge-on spiral galaxy located about 97 million Light-years away from Earth in the constellation Pisces.^[2]^[3] NGC 489's calculated velocity is 2507 km/s.^[3] NGC 489 was discovered by German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on December 22, 1862.^[4]

Group Membership

NGC 489 is a member of a group of galaxies known as the NGC 524 group.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0489. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
^ Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 489 – Galaxy in Pisces Constellation · Deep Sky Objects Browser". DSO Browser. Archived from the original on 2017-10-02. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
^ ^a ^b "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 450 – 499". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
^ Sengupta, Chandreyee; Balasubramanyam, Ramesh (10 March 2006). "H I content in galaxies in loose groups". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 369 (1): 360–368. arXiv:astro-ph/0604020. Bibcode:2006MNRAS.369..360S. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10307.x. S2CID 119086488.

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NGC	NGC 484 NGC 485 NGC 486 NGC 487 NGC 488 NGC 489 NGC 490 NGC 491 NGC 492 NGC 493 NGC 494
PGC	PGC 4953 PGC 4954 PGC 4955 PGC 4956 PGC 4957 PGC 4958 PGC 4959 PGC 4960 PGC 4961
UGC	UGC 904 UGC 905 UGC 906 UGC 907 UGC 908 UGC 909 UGC 910 UGC 911 UGC 912