NGC 88
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NGC 88 is a spiral galaxy
located about 160 million light years from the Earth
in the Phoenix constellation
, NGC 88 is interacting galaxies NGC 92, NGC 87 and NGC 89.
It is part of a family of galaxies called Robert's Quartet
discovered by astronomer John Herschel
in the 1830s.
Spiral galaxy
A spiral galaxy is a certain kind of galaxy originally described by Edwin Hubble in his 1936 work The Realm of the Nebulae and, as such, forms part of the Hubble sequence. Spiral galaxies consist of a flat, rotating disk containing stars, gas and dust, and a central concentration of stars known as...
located about 160 million light years from the Earth
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
in the Phoenix constellation
Phoenix (constellation)
Phoenix is a minor constellation in the southern sky. It is named after the Phoenix, a mythical bird. It is faint: there are only two stars in the whole constellation which are brighter than magnitude 5.0...
, NGC 88 is interacting galaxies NGC 92, NGC 87 and NGC 89.
It is part of a family of galaxies called Robert's Quartet
Robert's Quartet
Robert's Quartet is a compact galaxy group approximately 160 million light-years away in the constellation Phoenix. It is a family of four very different galaxies in the process of colliding and merging. Its members are NGC 87, NGC 88, NGC 89 and NGC 92, discovered by John Herschel in the...
discovered by astronomer John Herschel
John Herschel
Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet KH, FRS ,was an English mathematician, astronomer, chemist, and experimental photographer/inventor, who in some years also did valuable botanical work...
in the 1830s.