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NGC 3387

galaxy in the constellation Sextans
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NGC 3387

Summary

NGC 3387 is a galaxy[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • NGC 3387 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel[3].
  • NGC 3387's image is recorded as NGC 3387 SDSS.jpg[4].
  • NGC 3387's instance of is recorded as galaxy[5].
  • NGC 3387's constellation is recorded as Sextans[6].
  • NGC 3387's catalog code is recorded as NGC 3387[7].
  • NGC 3387's catalog code is recorded as NPM1G +05.0271[8].
  • NGC 3387's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1830-03-15T00:00:00Z[9].
  • NGC 3387's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.0'}[10].
  • NGC 3387's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/122s42yr[11].
  • NGC 3387's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 3387[12].

Body

Designation and Status

NGC 3387's instance of is recorded as galaxy[5].

History and Context

Catalog codes include NGC 3387[7] and NPM1G +05.0271[8].

Why It Matters

NGC 3387 has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Related Entities

John Frederick William Herschel

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved . ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved . ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). NGC 3387. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-3387
MLA “NGC 3387.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-3387.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ngc-3387_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{NGC 3387}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-3387}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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