NGC 1637

NGC 1637
A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of NGC 1637.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Eridanus
Right ascension 04h 41m 28.2s[1]
Declination −02° 51′ 29″[1]
Redshift 717 ± 1 km/s[1]
Distance 9.18 Mpc (29.9 Mly) h−1
0.73[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 11.5[1]
Characteristics
Type SAB(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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 1637. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
  2. 1 2 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 1512, Co-Moving Radial Distance. Retrieved 2014-12-18.


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