NGC 3987
| Galaxy NGC 3987 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 57 m 20.9 s |
| declination | + 25 ° 11 ′ 43 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.2 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 58 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 261 |
| Redshift | 0.015018 +/- 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 4502 +/- 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(200 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (61.3 ± 4.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 6, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3987 • UGC 6928 • PGC 37591 • CGCG 127-110 • MCG + 04-28-099 • IRAS 11547 + 2528 • 2MASX J11572090 + 2511436 • GC 2638 • H III 323 • LDCE 0854 NED002, HOLM 308C | |
NGC 3987 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 200 million light years from the Milky Way . Together with five other galaxies, it forms the NGC 3987 group ( LGG 261 ).
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 16, 1785 .
NGC 3987 group ( LGG 261 )
| Galaxy | Alternative name | Distance / million Lj |
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| NGC 3987 | PGC 37591 | 200 |
| NGC 4005 | PGC 37661 | 199 |
| NGC 4018 | PGC 37699 | 199 |
| NGC 4022 | PGC 37729 | 193 |
| NGC 4000 | PGC 37643 | 203 |