Galaxy · Eridanus

NGC 1187

Also known as ESO 480-023 · PGC 11479

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Type

Galaxy

Constellation

Eridanus

Position (J2000)

3h 02m 38s · −22° 52′ 02″

Discovered

by William Herschel in 1784

Pictures

1

Magnitude

10.92

visual

Size

4.1′ × 3′

Distance

~63,000,000 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.