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NGC 2687B

Summary

NGC 2687B is a brightest cluster galaxy[1]. NGC 2687B has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • NGC 2687B is credited with the discovery of William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse[3].
  • NGC 2687B's image is recorded as NGC 2686 SDSS.jpg[4].
  • NGC 2687B's instance of is recorded as brightest cluster galaxy[5].
  • NGC 2687B's constellation is recorded as Ursa Major[6].
  • NGC 2687B's galaxy morphological type is recorded as S[7].
  • NGC 2687B's part of is recorded as [YSS2008] 74[8].
  • NGC 2687B's catalog code is recorded as MCG+08-16-039[9].
  • NGC 2687B's catalog code is recorded as 2MASX J08550600+4909217[10].
  • NGC 2687B's catalog code is recorded as NGC 2687B[11].
  • NGC 2687B's catalog code is recorded as SDSS J085506.05+490922.0[12].
  • NGC 2687B's catalog code is recorded as PGC 25030[13].
  • NGC 2687B's catalog code is recorded as LEDA 25030[14].
  • NGC 2687B's catalog code is recorded as SDSS J085506.06+490921.9[15].
  • NGC 2687B's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1858-03-11T00:00:00Z[16].
  • NGC 2687B's redshift is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.04939'}[17].
  • NGC 2687B's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.7'}[18].
  • NGC 2687B's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.199'}[19].
  • NGC 2687B's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16'}[20].
  • NGC 2687B's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.396'}[21].
  • NGC 2687B's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.083'}[22].
  • NGC 2687B's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.350'}[23].
  • NGC 2687B's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.380'}[24].
  • NGC 2687B's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.894'}[25].
  • NGC 2687B's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.430'}[26].
  • NGC 2687B's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+17.410'}[27].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 2687B is credited with the discovery of William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 2687B has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . The ninth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: first spectroscopic data from the SDSS-III baryon oscillation spectroscopic survey. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . The SDSS Photometric Catalog, Release 7. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . The SDSS Photometric Catalog, Release 7. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . The SDSS Photometric Catalog, Release 7. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . The SDSS Photometric Catalog, Release 7. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . The ninth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: first spectroscopic data from the SDSS-III baryon oscillation spectroscopic survey. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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