Galaxy · Cetus

NGC 1087

Also known as PGC 10496 · UGC 2245

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Type

Galaxy

Constellation

Cetus

Position (J2000)

2h 46m 25s · −0° 29′ 55″

Discovered

by William Herschel in 1785

Pictures

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Magnitude

11.02

visual

Size

3′ × 1.8′

Distance

~55,000,000 ly

Best months

Oct–Dec

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.