NGC 1987

Distance from Sun: 48530 pc
Age: 1.4 Gyr
V-band magnitude: 11.74
Mass: 8.9 · 103 M
Half-mass radius: 7.74 pc
Power-law MF slope: α = -1.54


Image Source: SMASH DR2, Astro Data Lab


Observations

Proper motion Velocity Dispersion
HST photometry Color magnitude diagram Mass function

N-body Fits

Surface density Proper motions Radial velocities
Remnant fraction Mass-to-light ratio