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] | |
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.
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