UGC 8987 (Galaxy)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.

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From Cambridge , UGC 8987 is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 21:05, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:05, 63° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:14, 41° above your western horizon.

Name UGC 8987
Object type Galaxy
Other names
UGC 8987[1]
PGC 50142[2]
Position
Right ascension:14h04m [2]
Declination:+16°19' [2]
Constellation:Bootes
Magnitude:15.70 (B) [1]

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