NGC 1387

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title: NGC 1387
text: NGC 1387 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Fornax, in the Fornax Cluster. It was discovered by William Herschel on December 25, 1835. At a distance of 53 million light-years, it is one of the closer members of the Fornax Cluster. It has a magnitude of 10.8, which makes NGC 1387 one of the brighter galaxies in the Fornax Cluster and it is 60 000 light-years across. It is only 12 arcminutes from the central galaxy NGC 1399, which makes it one of the closest galaxies to NGC 1399. NGC 1387
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description: Galaxy in the constellation Fornax
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_1387
date created: 2019-08-07T10:22:15Z
date modified: 2024-09-06T14:32:09Z
main entity: {"identifier":"Q1043126","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1043126"}
image: {"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/NGC1387_-_hst_10217R850GB475.png","width":600,"height":512}
fields total: 13
integrity: 16

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