NGC 1187

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 1187

| image = VLT image of the spiral galaxy NGC 1187.jpg

| caption = NGC 1187 imaged by ESO’s Very Large Telescope.{{cite news|title=A Blue Whirlpool in The River|url=http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1231/|access-date=1 August 2012|newspaper=ESO Press Release}}

| epoch = J2000

| constellation name = Eridanus

| ra = {{RA|03|02|37.40}}{{cite web|title=Search results for NGC 1187|url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC+1187|work=Astronomical Database|publisher=SIMBAD|access-date=1 August 2012}}

| dec = {{DEC|-22|52|02.0}}

| z = 0.004657

| h_radial_v = 1393 km/s

| gal_v =

| dist_ly = 60 million ly

| group_cluster =

| type = SB(r)c{{cite web|url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%201187&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1|title=Results for object NGC 1187 (NGC 1187)|work=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database|publisher=California Institute of Technology|accessdate=2021-02-21}}

| mass =

| mass_light_ratio =

| stars =

| appmag_v = 11.4

| absmag_v =

| size_v = 5.370′ x 3.630′

| notes =

| names = HIPASS J0302-22, MCG -04-08-016, UGCA 49, AM 0300-230, IRAS 03003-2303, NVSS J030237-225200, 6dFGS gJ030237.6-225202, PSCz Q03003-2303, DUGRS 480-001, LEDA 11479, ESO 480-023, 2MASX J03023758-2252017, SGC 030024-2303.8, MBG 03004-2303.

| references =

}}

NGC 1187 is a barred spiral galaxy located about 60 million light-years away in the constellation of Eridanus. It was discovered on December 9, 1784 by the astronomer William Herschel.{{cite web|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc11a.htm#1187|title=New General Catalogue objects: NGC 1150 - 1199|author=Seligman, Courtney|website=cseligman.com|accessdate=2021-02-21}}

Supernovae

Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 1187:

SN 1982R (type I, mag. 14.4) was discovered by A. Muller and O. Pizarro at the La Silla Observatory on 24 October 1982.{{cite journal|bibcode=1982IAUC.3739....1M |title=Supernova in NGC 1187 |last1=Muller |first1=A. |last2=Pizarro |first2=O. |last3=Westerlund |first3=B. |last4=Dennefeld |first4=M. |journal=International Astronomical Union Circular |date=1982 |issue=3739 |page=1 | url = http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/03700/03739.html#Item1}}{{cite web | website=Transient Name Server | title=SN{{nbsp}}1982R | url=https://www.wis-tns.org/object/1982R | publisher = IAU | access-date=22 December 2024}}
SN 2007Y (type{{nbsp}}Ib-pec, mag. 17.5) was discovered by amateur astronomer Berto Monard on 15 February 2007.{{cite journal|bibcode=2007CBET..845....1M |title=Supernova 2007Y in NGC 1187 |last1=Monard |first1=L. A. G. |journal=Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams |date=2007 |volume=845 |page=1 }}{{Cite journal |title=The He-rich core-collapse supernova 2007Y: Observations from X-ray to Radio Wavelengths|volume=696|issue=1|pages=713–728 |journal=The Astrophysical Journal|last1=Stritzinger|first1=Maximilian|last2=Mazzali|first2=Paolo|last3= Phillips|first3=Mark M.|last4=Immler|first4=Stefan|last5=Soderberg|first5=Alicia|author5-link=Alicia M. Soderberg|last6=Sollerman|first6=Jesper|last7=Boldt|first7=Luis|last8=Braithwaite|first8=Jonathan|last9=Brown|first9=Peter|last10= Burns|first10=Christopher R. | last11=Contreras | first11=Carlos | last12=Covarrubias | first12=Ricardo | last13=Folatelli | first13=Gaston|last14= Freedman|first14=Wendy L.| last15=Gonzalez | first15=Sergio | last16=Hamuy| first16=Mario| last17=Krzeminski| first17=Wojtek | last18= Madore | first18=Barry F.| last19=Milne| first19=Peter| last20=Morrell| first20=Nidia| last21= Persson| first21=S. E.| last22=Roth| first22=Miguel| last23=Smith|first23=Mathew| last24= Suntzeff|first24=Nicholas B.| year=2009| doi=10.1088/0004-637X/696/1/713| arxiv = 0902.0609 |bibcode = 2009ApJ...696..713S |s2cid=14139520}}{{cite web | website=Transient Name Server | title=SN{{nbsp}}2007Y | url=https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2007Y | publisher = IAU | access-date=22 December 2024}}

Gallery

File:NGC 1187 DSS.jpg|DSS image of NGC 1187.

File:NGC 1187 - 2MASS.jpg|NGC 1187 by 2MASS

File:NGC 1187 PanS.jpg|NGC 1187 by Pan-STARRS

File:NGC 1187 legacy dr10.jpg|NGC 1187 and ESO 480-20 (top, next to the star HD 18967) with the legacy surveys

References

External links

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Category:Eridanus (constellation)

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Category:Barred spiral galaxies

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