NGC 687

Summary

NGC 687 is a lenticular galaxy^[1]. It draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (lenticular_galaxy category, ranking #17 of 73).^[2]

Key Facts

• NGC 687 is credited with the discovery of William Herschel^[3].
• NGC 687's image is recorded as NGC 0687 DSS.jpg^[4].
• NGC 687's instance of is recorded as lenticular galaxy^[5].
• NGC 687's constellation is recorded as Andromeda^[6].
• NGC 687's galaxy morphological type is recorded as E/S0^[7].
• NGC 687's part of is recorded as Abell 262^[8].
• NGC 687's part of is recorded as Q67623825^[9].
• NGC 687's part of is recorded as Q67624038^[10].
• NGC 687's part of is recorded as Q67792904^[11].
• NGC 687's part of is recorded as Q67796258^[12].
• NGC 687's part of is recorded as Q88021939^[13].
• NGC 687's Commons category is recorded as NGC 687^[14].
• NGC 687's catalog code is recorded as NGC 687^[15].
• NGC 687's catalog code is recorded as MCG+06-05-014^[16].
• NGC 687's catalog code is recorded as UGC 1298^[17].
• NGC 687's catalog code is recorded as PGC 6782^[18].
• NGC 687's catalog code is recorded as 2MASX J01503324+3622147^[19].
• NGC 687's catalog code is recorded as UZC J015033.2+362215^[20].
• NGC 687's catalog code is recorded as Z 0147.6+3607^[21].
• NGC 687's catalog code is recorded as Z 522-17^[22].
• NGC 687's catalog code is recorded as LEDA 6782^[23].
• NGC 687's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1786-09-21T00:00:00Z^[24].
• NGC 687's redshift is recorded as {'amount': '+0.017015'}^[25].
• NGC 687's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.33'}^[26].
• NGC 687's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.3'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 687 is credited with the discovery of William Herschel^[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 687 draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (lenticular_galaxy category, ranking #17 of 73).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]