NGC 387
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Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.01609
- Morphology
- E
- Coordinates
- RA 16.8877° · Dec 32.3911°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Right ascension
- 01 07 33.0
- Declination
- +32 ° 23 ′ 28 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 4,707 km/s
- Type
- E
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- elliptical galaxy
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Image
- NGC 0387 SDSS.jpg
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- catalog code
- LEDA 3987
- discoverer or inventor
- Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse
- time of discovery or invention
- 1873-12-10
- apparent magnitude
- 12.245
- galaxy morphological type
- E
- Commons category
- NGC 387
- redshift
- 0.01609
- right ascension
- 16.8878083
- declination
- 32.3911750
- radial velocity
- 4785
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 387 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on December 10, 1873 by Lawrence Parsons. It was described by Dreyer as "very faint, small, round." Along with galaxies NGC 375, NGC 379, NGC 382, NGC 383, NGC 384, NGC 385, NGC 386 and NGC 388, NGC 387 forms a galaxy cluster called Arp 331.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 387” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.