NGC 2087

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Galaxy
NGC 2087
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NGC 2087 & LEDA 408192 [1]
NGC 2087 & LEDA 408192
AladinLite
Constellation painter
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 05 h 44 m 16.0 s
declination -55 ° 31 ′ 57 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SAB (rs) from:  
Brightness  (visual) 13.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.7 mag
Angular expansion 0.8 ′ × 0.6 ′
Position angle 136 °
Surface brightness 12.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.014910 ± 0.000133  
Radial velocity 4470 ± 40 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(191 ± 13)  ·  10 6  ly
(58.5 ± 4.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date December 6, 1834
Catalog names
NGC  2087 • PGC  17684 • ESO  159-026 • IRAS  05433-5533 • 2MASX  J05441600-5531565 • SGC  54319-5533.2 • GALEX ASC J054415.80-553155.6

NGC 2087 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Pictor in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 191 million light years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light years in diameter.

The object was discovered by John Herschel on December 6, 1834 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 2087
  4. ↑ Seligman