[5] A single nucleus has been detected in ESO 286–19 by both XMM Newton and Chandra X-ray Observatory although undetected by NuSTAR.

[8] A spectroscopic and photometric analysis found the galaxy has an old stellar population mass of 3 x 1011 MΘ.

[9] According to results from Cycle 2 observations conducted by Atacama Large Millimeter Array, ESO 286-19 harbors an obscured active galactic nucleus.

The nucleus shows HCN/HCO+/HNC J = 3-2 emission lines that are found vibrationally excited with a high energy level of v 2 = 1.

This finding suggested it was caused by molecular outflow in the galaxy with a mass of Moutf ~ 5.8 x 106 MΘ and a kinetic power of Poutf ~ 1%.