NGC 2387
| Galaxy NGC 2387 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Carter |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 07 h 28 m 58.5 s |
| declination | + 33 ° 50 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 39 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.066739 +/- 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | (20008 +/- 19) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(893 ± 63) · 10 6 Lj (273.9 ± 19.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 10, 1790 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2387 • PGC 21105 • CGCG 177-023 • GC 1529 • H II 820 • | |
NGC 2387 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Auriga. It is an estimated 893 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on March 10, 1790 by the astronomer William Herschel .