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{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Cetus}}
{{Infobox Galaxy
| image = File:Hubble Captures Starry Cetus Constellation Galaxy (Ngc1087-1-flat-crop-final).webp
| caption = NGC 1087 imaged by the [[Hubble Space Telescope]]
| name = [[New General Catalogue|NGC]] 1087
| epoch = [[J2000]]
| type = SAB(rs)c<ref name="ned">{{cite web
  | title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
  | work=Results for NGC 1087
  | url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/
  | access-date=2006-11-27 }}</ref>
| ra = {{RA|02|46|25.2}}<ref name="ned" />
| dec = {{DEC|-00|29|55}}<ref name="ned" />
| dist_ly = 52 [[light-year|Mly]] (16 [[parsec|Mpc]])<ref name=":0" />
| z = 1517 ± 4 km/[[second|s]]<ref name="ned" />
| appmag_v = 12.2g<ref name="ned" />
| size_v = 3.12{{prime}} × 1.50{{prime}}<ref name="ned" />
| constellation name = [[Cetus]]
| notes = 
| names = [[Uppsala General Catalogue|UGC]] 2245,<ref name="ned" /> [[Principal Galaxies Catalogue|PGC]] 10496<ref name="ned" />
}}

'''NGC 1087''' is an [[intermediate spiral galaxy]] in Cetus.  The central bar/core is very small with many irregular features in the surrounding disk of material.  With the many strange features of NGC 1087, its true nature is still uncertain. It has an extremely small nucleus and a very short stellar bar. Unlike most barred galaxies, the bar apparently has some new star-formation taking place. There is a multiple spiral structure defined more by the dust lanes than by luminous matter. Overall, the disc has a very low surface brightness. Even though it appears close to another galaxy ([[NGC 1090]]), these two galaxies are not interacting and should be considered isolated from one another.

NGC 1087 lies near the small [[Messier 77|M77 (NGC 1068)]] galaxy group that also includes [[NGC 936]], [[NGC 1055]], and [[NGC 1090]]. However, because of its distance, it probably is not an actual group member.

The galaxy is located about 15.85 ± 2.24 [[Parsec|Mpc]] (52 ± 7 million light years) away.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Anand |first1=Gagandeep S. |last2=Lee |first2=Janice C. |last3=Van Dyk |first3=Schuyler D. |last4=Leroy |first4=Adam K. |last5=Rosolowsky |first5=Erik |last6=Schinnerer |first6=Eva |last7=Larson |first7=Kirsten |last8=Kourkchi |first8=Ehsan |last9=Kreckel |first9=Kathryn |last10=Scheuermann |first10=Fabian |last11=Rizzi |first11=Luca |last12=Thilker |first12=David |last13=Tully |first13=R. Brent |last14=Bigiel |first14=Frank |last15=Blanc |first15=Guillermo A. |date=2021-03-01 |title=Distances to PHANGS galaxies: New tip of the red giant branch measurements and adopted distances |journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |volume=501 |issue=3 |pages=3621–3639 |doi=10.1093/mnras/staa3668 |doi-access=free |issn=0035-8711|arxiv=2012.00757 |bibcode=2021MNRAS.501.3621A }}</ref>

One [[supernova]] has been observed in NGC 1087: SN 1995V ([[Type_II_supernova|type II]], mag. 15) was discovered by [[Robert_Evans_(astronomer)|Robert Evans]] on 1 August 1995.<ref>{{cite journal | bibcode=1995IAUC.6197....2E| title=Supernova 1995V in NGC 1087| last1=Evans| first1=R. O.| last2=Jarman| first2=J.| last3=Cragg| first3=T.| last4=Dopita| first4=M.| last5=Trung Hua| first5=C.| last6=Benetti| first6=S.| journal=International Astronomical Union Circular| date=1995| issue=6197| page=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | website=Transient Name Server | title=SN{{nbsp}}1995V | url=https://www.wis-tns.org/object/1995V | publisher = [[International_Astronomical_Union|IAU]] | access-date=7 December 2024}}</ref>

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[[Category:Intermediate spiral galaxies]]
[[Category:Cetus]]
[[Category:NGC objects|1087]]
[[Category:UGC objects|02245]]
[[Category:Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects|10496]]