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irregular galaxy in the constellation Phoenix

Key facts

Constellation: Phoenix
Right ascension: 00 21 14.2133
Declination: −48 ° 37 ′ 42.81 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity: 3415 ± 23 km/s
Distance: 154.7 ± 11.0 Mly (47.44 ± 3.36 Mpc )
Type: IBm pec
Size: ~51,500 ly (15.80 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v: 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′

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Article

NGC 87 is a diffuse, highly disorganized barred irregular galaxy, part of Robert's Quartet, a group of four interacting galaxies.

One supernova has been observed in NGC 87: SN 1994Z (type II, mag. 14.6) was discovered Alexander Wassilieff on 2 October 1994.

Connections

list of stars in Phoenix

list of NGC objects (1–1000)

Categories

Astronomical objects discovered in 1834 Barred irregular galaxies ESO objects NGC objects Phoenix (constellation)Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects Robert's Quartet

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Andromeda Galaxy

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Triangulum Galaxy

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