NGC 1487
| Galaxy data from NGC 1487 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 55 m 46.1 s |
| declination | −42 ° 22 ′ 05 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sm Pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.4 ′ × 1.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 55 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | SSRS group 13 NGC 1512 group LGG 108 |
| Redshift | 0.002829 ± 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | 848 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(31 ± 2) x 10 6 ly (9.6 ± 0.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | James Dunlop |
| Discovery date | October 29, 1826 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1487 • PGC 14117 • 14118 • ESO 249-031 • MCG -07-09-002 • IRAS 3540-4230 • VV 78 • GC 790 • h 2597 • HIPASS J0355-42 • Dun 480 | |
NGC 1487 is a merging spiral galaxy of the Hubble-type Sm in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 31 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light-years across . Together with NGC 1510 and NGC 1512 , it forms the small NGC 1512 group .
The object was discovered by James Dunlop on October 29, 1826 .
Web links
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- astronews.com: Picture of the day February 3, 2016