- HCG 87
Galaxy cluster
name = HCG 87
caption = Galaxy Group HCG 87
credit = GMOS-S Commissioning Team,Gemini Observatory
type = Compact galaxy group
distance = 400 million
ra = RA|20|48|11.9scite web
title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
work=Results for HCG 87
url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/
accessdate=2006-10-19 ]
dec = DEC|-19|50|35
z = 8874 km/s
constellation =Capricornus
member_no = ~5
main_member = HCG 87a
names = NoneHCG 87 is a compact
group of galaxies listed in theHickson Compact Group Catalogue. This group is about 400 millionlight-year s awayFact|date=February 2007 in theconstellation Capricornus .Members
External links
* [http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030731.html NASA APOD: Galaxy Group HCG 87 - July 31, 2003]
* [http://heritage.stsci.edu/1999/31/closeup.html Close-ups of HCG 87]
* [http://www.cosmiclight.com/imagegalleries/gclusters.htm Galactic Clusters]
* [http://heritage.stsci.edu/1999/31/supplemental.html Studies of Hickson Compact Groups]References
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