NGC 1637

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NGC 1637
A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of NGC 1637.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationEridanus
Right ascension04h 41m 28.2s[1]
Declination−02° 51′ 29″[1]
Redshift717 ± 1 km/s[1]
Distance9.18 Mpc (29.9 Mly) h−1
0.73[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)11.5[1]
Characteristics
TypeSAB(rs)c[1]
Apparent size (V)4′.0 × 3′.2[1]
Other designations
PGC 15821[1]

NGC 1637 is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 30 million light-years away[2] in the constellation Eridanus. A supernova (SN 1999em) was observed in NGC 1637.

This image from ESO's Very Large Telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile shows NGC 1637
Zooming in on the spiral galaxy NGC 1637 (in HD)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 1637. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
  2. ^ a b "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 1512, Co-Moving Radial Distance. Retrieved 2014-12-18.

External links

  • Media related to NGC 1637 at Wikimedia Commons



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