NGC987 (Galaxy)

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

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From Cambridge , NGC987 is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 21:45 (EDT) and reaching an altitude of 65° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 04:23.

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Name NGC987

Object type Galaxy

Other names

NGC 987^[1]
Mrk 1180^[4]
UGC 2093^[2]
PGC 9911^[3]

Position

Right ascension:	02^h36^m ^[3]
Declination:	+33°19' ^[3]
Constellation:	Triangulum
Magnitude:	13.40 (V) ^[4] 13.32 (B) ^[1] 10.01 (J) ^[1] 9.28 (H) ^[1] 8.98 (K) ^[1]
Angular dimensions:	1.5 arcmin x 1.1 arcmin
Position angle:	Major axis 36.0°E of N
Hubble type:	S0-a

Sources

^[1]	OpenNGC (Mattia Verga)

^[2]	"Uppsala General Catalogue of Galaxies", P. Nilson, 1973.

^[3]	"HYPERLEDA. I. Identification and designation of galaxies", G. Paturel et al., 2003.

^[4]	First Byurakan Survey (FBS) (Markarian et al., 1989)

Visibility from Cambridge

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Cambridge

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42.38°N
71.11°W
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