NGC 1387

galaxy in the constellation Fornax

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Object type: Sy2
Redshift: z = 0.004352476455799392
Morphology: S0
Coordinates: RA 54.2376° · Dec -35.5066°

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Key facts

Constellation: Fornax
Right ascension: 03 36.57
Declination: −35 ° 30 ′
Heliocentric radial velocity: 1296 km/s
Distance: 53 ± 4 megalight-years (16.2 ± 1.2 Mpc)
Type: (R')SAB(s)0
Apparent size v: 2.80 ′ × 2.6 ′ (45 000 light-years)

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Instance of: astronomical radio source
Constellation: Fornax
Distance from Earth: 17.23
Image: NGC 1387.jpg

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galaxy morphological type: E/SB0
catalog code: LEDA 13344
Commons category: NGC 1387
discoverer or inventor: John Frederick William Herschel
time of discovery or invention: 1835-12-25
apparent magnitude: 7.425
right ascension: 54.23763581039450
declination: -35.50658110725670
radial velocity: 1274
redshift: 0.004343
epoch: J2000.0

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 1387 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Fornax, in the Fornax Cluster. It was discovered by William Herschel on December 25, 1835.

At a distance of 53 million light-years, it is one of the closer members of the Fornax Cluster. It has a magnitude of 10.8, which makes NGC 1387 one of the brighter galaxies in the Fornax Cluster and it is 60 000 light-years across. It is only 12 arcminutes from the central galaxy NGC 1399, which makes it one of the closest galaxies to NGC 1399.

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