NGC 1637
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 |
| NGC 1637 | |
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 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] | |
References
- "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 1637. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
- "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 1512, Co-Moving Radial Distance. Retrieved 2014-12-18.
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