NGC 1187

NGC 1187
NGC 1187 imaged by ESO’s Very Large Telescope. [1]
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Eridanus [1]
Right ascension	03h 02m 37.40s [2]
Declination	−22° 52′ 02.0″ [2]
Redshift	0.004657 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	1393 km/s [2]
Distance	60 million ly [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)	11.4 [2]
Characteristics
Type	SB(r)c [3]
Apparent size  (V)	5.370′ x 3.630′ [2]
Other designations
HIPASS J0302-22, MCG -04-08-016, UGCA 49, AM 0300-230, IRAS 03003-2303, NVSS J030237-225200, 6dFGS gJ030237.6-225202, PSCz Q03003-2303, DUGRS 480-001, LEDA 11479, ESO 480-023, 2MASX J03023758-2252017, SGC 030024-2303.8, MBG 03004-2303.

NGC 1187 is a barred spiral galaxy located about 60 million light-years away in the constellation of Eridanus. It was discovered on December 9, 1784 by the astronomer William Herschel. ^[4]

Supernovae

Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 1187:

• SN 1982R (Type I, mag. 14.4) was discovered by A. Muller and O. Pizarro at the La Silla Observatory on 24 October 1982. ^{[5] [1] [6]}
• SN 2007Y (Type Ib-pec, mag. 17.5) was discovered by amateur astronomer Berto Monard on 15 February 2007. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

Gallery

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  DSS image of NGC 1187.
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  NGC 1187 by 2MASS
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  NGC 1187 by Pan-STARRS
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  NGC 1187 and ESO 480-20 (top, next to the star HD 18967) with the legacy surveys

References

1. "A Blue Whirlpool in The River". ESO Press Release. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
2. "Search results for NGC 1187". Astronomical Database. SIMBAD . Retrieved 1 August 2012.
3. "Results for object NGC 1187 (NGC 1187)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
4. Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 1150 - 1199". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
5. Muller, A.; Pizarro, O.; Westerlund, B.; Dennefeld, M. (1982). "Supernova in NGC 1187". International Astronomical Union Circular (3739): 1. Bibcode:1982IAUC.3739....1M.
6. "SN 1982R". Transient Name Server. IAU . Retrieved 22 December 2024.
7. Monard, L. A. G. (2007). "Supernova 2007Y in NGC 1187". Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams. 845: 1. Bibcode:2007CBET..845....1M.
8. Stritzinger, Maximilian; Mazzali, Paolo; Phillips, Mark M.; Immler, Stefan; Soderberg, Alicia; Sollerman, Jesper; Boldt, Luis; Braithwaite, Jonathan; Brown, Peter; Burns, Christopher R.; Contreras, Carlos; Covarrubias, Ricardo; Folatelli, Gaston; Freedman, Wendy L.; Gonzalez, Sergio; Hamuy, Mario; Krzeminski, Wojtek; Madore, Barry F.; Milne, Peter; Morrell, Nidia; Persson, S. E.; Roth, Miguel; Smith, Mathew; Suntzeff, Nicholas B. (2009). "The He-rich core-collapse supernova 2007Y: Observations from X-ray to Radio Wavelengths". The Astrophysical Journal. 696 (1): 713–728. arXiv: 0902.0609 . Bibcode:2009ApJ...696..713S. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/696/1/713. S2CID   14139520.
9. "SN 2007Y". Transient Name Server. IAU . Retrieved 22 December 2024.

External links

• Media related to NGC 1187 at Wikimedia Commons