Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- EmG
- Redshift
- z = 0.008656
- Coordinates
- RA 149.7861° · Dec -34.2252°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Antlia
- Right ascension
- 09 59 08.6615
- Declination
- −34 ° 13 ′ 30.838 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 2672 ± 21 km/s
- Distance
- 143.7 ± 10.2 Mly (44.05 ± 3.13 Mpc )
- Group or cluster
- NGC 3038 Group (LGG 184)
- Type
- cD:
- Size
- ~114,100 ly (34.99 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 2.0′ × 2.0′
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- elliptical galaxy
- Constellation
- Antlia
- Distance from Earth
- 35.81
- Image
- NGC 3087 DSS.jpg
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- catalog code
- LEDA 28845
- galaxy morphological type
- E
- discoverer or inventor
- John Frederick William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1835-02-02
- apparent magnitude
- 8.133
- right ascension
- 149.7860250
- declination
- -34.2252194
- radial velocity
- 2584
- redshift
- 0.008656
- epoch
- J2000.0
- Commons category
- NGC 3087
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 3087 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation of Antlia. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 2987 ± 30 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 44.05 ± 3.13 Mpc (~144 million light-years). It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 2 February 1835.
NGC 3038 Group
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 3087” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.