Community hub
0 subscribers8 pages, 0 posts
Recent from talks
All channels
Be the first to start a discussion here.
Be the first to start a discussion here.
Be the first to start a discussion here.
Be the first to start a discussion here.
Contribute something
Welcome to the community hub built to collect knowledge and have discussions related to NGC 487.
Nothing was collected or created yet.
NGC 487
View on Wikipediafrom Wikipedia
| NGC 487 | |
|---|---|
 Pan-STARRS image of NGC 487 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 01h 21m 55.1s[1] |
| Declination | −16° 22′ 13″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.019844/5949 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 250 million ly |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.41[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(r)a[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.1' x 0.7'[1] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG -3-4-56, PGC 4958 [1] | |
NGC 487 is a barred spiral galaxy located about 250 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Cetus.[2][3] NGC 487's calculated velocity is 5949 km/s.[3] NGC 487 was discovered by American astronomer Francis Leavenworth on November 28, 1885.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0487. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
- ^ Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 487 – Galaxy in Cetus Constellation · Deep Sky Objects Browser". DSO Browser. Archived from the original on 2017-10-02. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
- ^ a b "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
- ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 450 – 499". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
External links
[edit]- NGC 487 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
 | This spiral galaxy article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |