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NGC 389

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Summary

NGC 389 is a galaxy[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of galaxy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Lewis A. Swift[3]
  • Instance of: lenticular galaxy[4]
  • Constellation: Andromeda[5]
  • Galaxy morphological type: S0[6]
  • Commons category: NGC 389[7]
  • Catalog code: NGC 389[8], 2MASX J01082993+3941436[9], PGC 4054[10], MCG+06-03-014[11], UGC 703[12], UZC J010830.0+394143[13], Z 520-17[14], Z 0105.7+3926[15], LEDA 4054[16], Gaia DR2 371051952803737984[17]
  • Time of discovery or invention: September 6, 1885[18]
  • Redshift: 0.017819[19], 0.017706[20]
  • Apparent magnitude: 14.0[21], 15.0[22], 17.2695[23], 11.718[24], 10.996[25], 10.680[26]
  • Radial velocity: 5219 kilometre per second[27]
  • Right ascension: 17.12472139505030 degree[28]
  • Declination: 39.69542833751360 degree[29]
  • Epoch: J2000.0[30]

Why It Matters

NGC 389 has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Related Entities

Lewis A. Swift

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Comparison LEDA/SIMBAD octobre 2002. Catalogue to be published in 2003. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . The Updated Zwicky Catalog (UZC). wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . A survey of the Pisces-Perseus supercluster. V. The declination strip +33.5deg to +39.5deg and the main supercluster ridge. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ngc-389_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{NGC 389}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-389}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-16}}
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