NGC 289 is a giant, gas-rich, low surface brightness galaxy with a small bulge at the nucleus, a small central bar, and two inner spiral arms. These arms split into multiple parts as they extend into the outer disk.

Explanation: About 70 million light-years distant, gorgeous spiral galaxy NGC 289 is larger than our own Milky Way. Seen nearly face-on, its bright core and colorful central disk give way to remarkably faint, bluish spiral arms.

NGC 289 is a Barred Spiral Galaxy in the Sculptor constellation. NGC 289 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Given its visual magnitude of 13.44, NGC 289 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 10 inches (250mm) or more.

Aug 14, 2023 · In the constellation Sculptor lies this large extended spiral galaxy called NGC 289. Despite being around 75 million light-years away, the light of NGC 289 is stunningly captured here by the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) on the 4-meter Víctor M. Blanco Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), a Program of the National Science ...

Aug 9, 2023 · In the constellation Sculptor lies this large extended spiral galaxy called NGC 289. Despite being around 75 million light-years away, the light of NGC 289 is stunningly captured here by the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) on the Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), a Program of NSF NOIRLab.

Nov 1, 2017 · This view of the spiral galaxy NGC 289 was acquired in Oct–Dec 2017. View additional information .

Nov 7, 2024 · NGC 289 is a spiral galaxy in the southern constellation of Sculptor, located at a distance of 76 megalight-years from the Milky Way. It was discovered on September 27, 1834, by John Herschel.

"NGC 289 is a spiral galaxy in the southern constellation of Sculptor, located at a distance of 76 million light-years from the Milky Way. It was discovered on September 27, 1834, by John Herschel. Th...

I performed a slight crop on the image as I wanted to retain the feeling of distance from this beautiful galaxy some +70 million light-years away. At this distance, NGC 289 presents the angular dimensions of 5.10 X 3.6 arcmins, a visual magnitude of 11, with a surface brightness of 14.0 mag/arcmin2.

NGC 289 is an Active Galactic Nuclei/Nucleus located in the constellation of Sculptor in the southern hemisphere. NGC 289's distance from Earth is 62,498,085.09 light years. NGC 289 is called NGC 289 in the New General Catalogue (NGC).