Caldwell 87
C87
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Object
- Type (NASA)
- Globular Cluster
- Distance from Earth
- 50,000 light-years
- Apparent magnitude
- 8.3 mag
- NASA description
- This image combines observations from Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 in visible and ultraviolet light with infrared observations from its Advanced Camera for Surveys.
Source:NASA Hubble (Messier/Caldwell catalogs) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
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Constellation
In everyday life
- Light from this object takes about 50,000 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left 50,000 years ago (official distance ÷ speed of light).
- At magnitude 8.3 it is fainter than the naked-eye limit (about 6) — you need binoculars or a telescope.
- It lies in Horologium — find the constellation first to know where to look.