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NGC 87

irregular galaxy in the constellation Phoenix
Thing Irregular Galaxy Q395539

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
irregular galaxy
Apparent magnitude
13.5 (13.5–14.7, n=6)[18][19][20][21][22][23]
Catalog code
NGC 87, ESO 194-8, 2MASX J00211406-4837482, ESO-LV 194-0080, PGC 1357, 6dFGS gJ002114.2-483743, SGC 001848-4854.4, LEDA 1357, APMBGC 194+100-062[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
Constellation
Phoenix[3]
Declination
-48.6300778°
Discoverer or inventor
John Frederick William Herschel[2]
Distance from Earth
160,000,000 ly
Epoch
J2000.0
Galaxy morphological type
IBm/P, Ir[4][5]
Radial velocity
3,603 km/s
Redshift
0.011828[16][17]
Right ascension
5.3085917°
Time of discovery or invention
September 30, 1834[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en ESO 194-8, AM 0018-485, PGC 1357 en New General Catalogue 87 en PGC 1374 en Robert's Quartet 1 ar إن جي سي 87 ar إن جي سي ٨٧ ar ESO 194-G008 ar ESO ١٩٤-G٠٠٨ ar NGC ٨٧ ar PGC ١٣٥٧ fa ان‌جی‌سی ۸۷ it Quartetto di Robert 1 ko NGC 87 pl Antoniadi
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Phot-34a-05-fullres.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/03d4_gd
New General Catalogue ID
87
Principal Galaxies Catalogue ID
1357
SIMBAD ID
NGC 87
Topic's main category
Category:NGC 87

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Summary

NGC 87 is an irregular galaxy[1].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Comparison LEDA/SIMBAD octobre 2002. Catalogue to be published in 2003. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . The surface photometry catalogue of the ESO-Uppsala galaxies. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . The surface photometry catalogue of the ESO-Uppsala galaxies. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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