NGC 487

NGC 487 is a barred spiral galaxy located about 250 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Cetus.^[2][3] NGC 487's calculated velocity is 5949 km/s.^[3] NGC 487 was discovered by American astronomer Francis Leavenworth on November 28, 1885.^[4]

NGC 487
Pan-STARRS image of NGC 487
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	01h 21m 55.1s[1]
Declination	−16° 22′ 13″[1]
Redshift	0.019844/5949 km/s[1]
Distance	250 million ly
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.41[1]
Characteristics
Type	SB(r)a[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.1' x 0.7'[1]
Other designations
MCG -3-4-56, PGC 4958 [1]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)
• NGC 1300
• NGC 491