Globular cluster · constellation Men
NGC 1987
NGC 1987ESO 056-131
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 5h 27m 17.2s
- Declination
- -70° 44' 14"
- Size
- 1.7′ × 1.7′
- Position angle
- 90°
- Magnitude
- 12.1 (B)
- Surface brightness
- 21.88 mag/arcsec²(derived)
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
In the Large Magellanic Cloud.
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