NGC 1087
| Galaxy NGC 1087 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 46 m 25.1 s |
| declination | -00 ° 29 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) c / WR / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 3.9 ′ × 2.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 5 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Messier 77 group |
| Redshift | 0.005060 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 1517 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(68 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (20.8 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 9, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1087 • UGC 2245 • PGC 10496 • CGCG 389-010 • MCG + 00-08-009 • IRAS 02438-0042 • KUG 0243-007 • GC 605 • H II 466 • h 265 • HIPASS J0246-00a • LDCE 174 NED008 | |
NGC 1087 is a barred spiral galaxy with a high rate of star formation of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is 68 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter. The object is a close neighbor of Messier 77 , physically they belong to the same galaxy group.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1090 , NGC 1094 , NGC 1104 , IC 1856 .
The type II supernova SN 1995V was observed here.
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on October 9, 1785 .