Galaxy · constellation Her
NGC 6487
NGC 6487MCG +05-42-008PGC 61039UGC 11022
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 17h 52m 41.9s
- Declination
- +29° 50' 19"
- Size
- 1.8′ × 1.6′
- Position angle
- 20°
- Magnitude
- 12.0 (V)
- Surface brightness
- 23.15 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- E
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
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