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Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 5087 is referenced by 636 other articles, and connects out to list of stars in Virgo, Arp 240 and epoch.
It is catalogued under topics including Elliptical galaxies, MCG objects and NGC 5084 Group.
Its subject is documented across 30 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Right ascension
- 13 20 24.9
- Declination
- −20 ° 36 ′ 40 ″
- Redshift
- 1832 ± 56 km/ s
- Type
- E
- Apparent size v
- 2.3 ′ × 1.7 ′
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- active galactic nucleus
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Distance from Earth
- 28.60
- Image
- G066 127 006009.jpg
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- redshift
- 0.006098
- catalog code
- RX J132027-20361
- galaxy morphological type
- E
- Commons category
- NGC 5087
- time of discovery or invention
- 1788-04-08
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- apparent magnitude
- 7.815
- right ascension
- 200.1040042
- declination
- -20.6110278
- radial velocity
- 1823
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 5087 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered on April 8, 1788 by the astronomer William Herschel. It is a member of the NGC 5084 Group of galaxies, which is a member of the Virgo II Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out from the southern edge of the Virgo Supercluster.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 5087” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.