NGC 5087 [SEP] constellation
NGC 5087
NGC 5087 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Virgo.
NGC 5084 to be between 6 x 10 and 1 x 10 , which was at that time the highest mass ever derived for a disk galaxy. They estimated the optical diameter of NGC 5084 to be 74 kpc (241 Kly).
Nearby galaxies.
NGC 5084 is the largest galaxy in the NGC 5084 group, which also includes NGC 5087 and NGC 5134 and some smaller galaxies. The galaxy group is compact, showing little redshift dispersion. NGC 5068 is a foreground galaxy. Other nearby galaxy groups include the NGC