IC 87
| Galaxy IC 87 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 14 m 15.8 s |
| declination | + 00 ° 45 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.60 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 6 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 168 |
| Redshift | 0.042492 +/- 0.000071 |
| Radial velocity | 12739 +/- 21 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(572 ± 40) · 10 6 ly (175.4 ± 12.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stephane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 12, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 87 • PGC 4454 • CGCG 385-038 • MCG + 00-04-048 • 2MASX J01141582 + 0045556 • LEDA 4454 | |
IC 87 is a galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SB? in the constellation whale in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 572 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 100,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 428 and IC 88 , among others .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 12, 1893 .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0087” overwrites the previously used key “IC0087”.