NGC 2787 is a barred lenticular galaxy approximately 24 [3] million light-years away in the northern constellation of Ursa Major. It was discovered on December 3, 1788 by German-born astronomer William Herschel .

NGC 2787: A Barred Lenticular Galaxy Credit: Marcella Carollo , Hubble Heritage, NASA. Explanation: Lenticular galaxies aren't supposed to be photogenic. Like spiral galaxies, they contain a disk, but like elliptical galaxies, they are usually …

Apr 4, 2002 · Tightly wound, almost concentric, arms of dark dust encircle the bright nucleus of the galaxy NGC 2787 in this Hubble Space Telescope image. In astronomer Edwin Hubble's galaxy classification scheme, NGC 2787 is classified as an SB0, a barred lenticular galaxy.

Apr 4, 2002 · Tightly wound, almost concentric, arms of dark dust encircle the bright nucleus of the otherwise nondescript galaxy, NGC 2787, in this image created by the Hubble Heritage team.

Apr 4, 2002 · Tightly wound, almost concentric, arms of dark dust encircle the bright nucleus of galaxy NGC 2787 in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image created by the Hubble Heritage Team. In astronomer Edwin Hubble's galaxy classification scheme, NGC 2787 is classified as an SB0, a barred lenticular galaxy.

Sep 1, 2019 · Tightly wound, almost concentric, arms of dark dust encircle the bright nucleus of the otherwise nondescript galaxy, NGC 2787, in this image created by the Hubble Heritage team.

It is a magnitude 12 galaxy which spans 5 arc-minutes in our apparent view. This corresponds to a diameter of 35,000 light years. We are seeing this galaxy at about 30 degrees form edge-on. The small white core is surrounded by a bright yellow inner disk. Two ansae are seen at each end of the “bar”, even though a bar doesn’t really exist here.

March 3–10, 2016: The Omicron Velorum Cluster offers small-telescope owners a nice view, while large-telescope owners can seek out spiral galaxy NGC 2784 in Hydra and spiral galaxy NGC 2787...

NGC 2787 is a barred lenticular galaxy about 37 million light years distant from us. It lies partly behind dust close to our own galaxy and faint traces of this IFN can be seen in the background of this image. This year turns out to have even worse weather than 2023.

May 4, 2022 · Technically speaking, the Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of the Velorum galaxy is called NGC 2787. But anyone who’s actually seen it, will respectfully call it simply “The Void.” Given its massive size, NGC 2787 rarely contains an accretion disc, with any possible debris within reach having been swallowed up eons ago.