NGC 387

Summary

NGC 387 is an elliptical galaxy^[1]. It draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (elliptical_galaxy category, ranking #23 of 122).^[2]

Key Facts

• NGC 387 is credited with the discovery of Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse^[3].
• NGC 387's image is recorded as NGC 0387 SDSS.jpg^[4].
• NGC 387's instance of is recorded as elliptical galaxy^[5].
• NGC 387's constellation is recorded as Pisces^[6].
• NGC 387's galaxy morphological type is recorded as E^[7].
• NGC 387's Commons category is recorded as NGC 387^[8].
• NGC 387's catalog code is recorded as NGC 387^[9].
• NGC 387's catalog code is recorded as PGC 3987^[10].
• NGC 387's catalog code is recorded as 2MASX J01073307+3223282^[11].
• NGC 387's catalog code is recorded as AGC 111068^[12].
• NGC 387's catalog code is recorded as LEDA 3987^[13].
• NGC 387's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1873-12-10T00:00:00Z^[14].
• NGC 387's redshift is recorded as {'amount': '+0.015701'}^[15].
• NGC 387's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.5'}^[16].
• NGC 387's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.166'}^[17].
• NGC 387's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.484'}^[18].
• NGC 387's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.245'}^[19].
• NGC 387's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3674704', 'amount': '+4824'}^[20].
• NGC 387's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1224bqkq^[21].
• NGC 387's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 387^[22].
• NGC 387's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 387^[23].
• NGC 387's Principal Galaxies Catalogue ID is recorded as 3987^[24].
• NGC 387's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+16.8878083'}^[25].
• NGC 387's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+32.3911750'}^[26].
• NGC 387's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[27].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 387 is credited with the discovery of Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse^[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 387 draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (elliptical_galaxy category, ranking #23 of 122).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]