NGC 87

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NGC 87
NGC 87 (upper right) surrounded by the other galaxies in Robert's Quartet
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Phoenix
Right ascension	00h 21m 14.2s[1]
Declination	−48° 37′ 42″[1]
Redshift	0.011391[1]
Helio radial velocity	3415
Distance	160 Mly
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.1
Characteristics
Type	IBmP
Apparent size (V)	0′.9 × 0′.7
Other designations
ESO 194-G008, PGC 1357

NGC 87 is a diffuse, highly disorganized barred irregular galaxy, part of Robert's Quartet, a group of four interacting galaxies.

See also[]

• Robert's Quartet

References[]

External links[]

• NGC 87^{[permanent dead link]}
• http://www.astro.pef.zcu.cz/

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