- apparent magnitude
- 4.75, 4.81
- catalog code
- SN 1987A, AAVSO 0534-69, INTREF 262, SNR 1987A, SNR B0535-69.3, [BMD2010] SNR J0535.5-6916
- declination
- -69.2697417
- distance from Earth
- 167885
- galactic latitude
- -31.9
- galactic longitude
- 279.7
- radial velocity
- 270
- right ascension
- 83.8667500
- spectral class
- SN.IIPec
- time of discovery or invention
- 24 February 1987