NGC 4087
| Galaxy NGC 4087 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 05 m 35.3 s |
| declination | -26 ° 31 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.1 '× 1.7' |
| Position angle | 39 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011118 ± 0.000043 |
| Radial velocity | (3333 ± 13) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(141 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (43.3 ± 3.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 24, 1789 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4087 • PGC 38303 • ESO 505-010 • MCG 04-29-005 • 2MASX J12053534-2631217 • GC 2706 • H III 754 • h 3375 • | |
NGC 4087 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type e-S0 in the constellation Hydra. It is estimated to be 141 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on February 24, 1789 .