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| Catalogue and alternative designations | NGC
289
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| Type | Galaxy |
| Position | 00 52 43, -31 12 21 |
| Constellation | Sculptor |
| Camera and Telescope | STXL6303E and 36.8 cm Ritchey Chretien |
| Focal Ratio | F9 |
| Exposure Details | LRGB image with Luminance = 210 minutes, Red = Green = Blue = 120 minutes using Astrodon filters |
| Description | NGC 289 is a large low surface brightness galaxy in Sculptor that isn't imaged all that often. It consists of a relatively bright centre and extensive faint spiral arms that extend more than 100,000 light years from the centre. The apparent B magnitude is 11.4 and the distance is about 70 million light years. the apparent size is 3.1 x 2.5 arcminutes. |