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SN 1987A

Supernova SIMBAD SN* SNIIpec 5,241 papers

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Right ascension: 05h 35m 27.99s
Declination: −69° 16′ 11.1″
Galactic l, b: 279.7, -31.94
Redshift z: 0.0009
Radial velocity: 269.69 km/s
Angular size: 0.03′ × 0.03′

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
BSDL 2487	Cluster*	0.8887″	—
[WLJ87] Star 3	Star	1.649″	—
[WLJ87] Star 2	Star	2.901″	14.88
OGLE LMC-ECL-19931	EclBin	13.22″	14.99
[W60] A53	Star	54.41″	13.88
OGLE LMC-LPV-72743	LongPeriodV*	83.62″	—
MACHO 82.8888.16	HighPM*	88.73″	—
OGLE LMC-ECL-19814	EclBin	97.41″	15.01
[M2002] LMC 162129	Star	124.3″	12.73
OGLE LMC-ECL-20047	EclBin	129.4″	14.27
OGLE LMC-RRLYR-19680	RRLyrae	137.2″	19.83

Provenance

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/sn-1987a · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.