Right ascension 09 19 18.5 Redshift 696 ± 8 km/s Apparent size (V) 3′.2 × 2′.0 Constellation Ursa Major | Declination +69° 12′ 12″ Type SB(r)0 Magnitude 11.8 Apparent magnitude (V) 11.8 | |
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Distance 24 ± 4 Mly (7.5 ± 1.2 Mpc) Similar NGC 2768, NGC 2976, NGC 3949, NGC 2859, NGC 3079 | ||
NGC 2787 is a barred lenticular galaxy approximately 24 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. In 1999, the Hubble Space Telescope took a look at NGC 2787.
LINER emission
NGC 2787 contains a low-ionization nuclear emission-line region (LINER), a type of region that is characterized by spectral line emission from weakly ionized atoms. LINERs are very common within lenticular galaxies, approximately one-fifth of nearby lenticular galaxies contain LINERs.
References
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