NGC1511 is a
barred spiral galaxy in the
constellation
A constellation is an area on the celestial sphere in which a group of visible stars forms Asterism (astronomy), a perceived pattern or outline, typically representing an animal, mythological subject, or inanimate object.
The origins of the e ...
of Hydrus. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 1341 ± 5km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble%27s_law, Hubble distance of 19.76 ± 1.39Megaparsec, Mpc (∼64million light-years).
It was discovered by United_Kingdom, British astronomer John Herschel on 2 November 1834.
One supernova has been observed in NGC1511: SN1935C (type unknown, mag.12.5). The supernova was discovered by Emily Hughes Boyce on 16 August 1935, and was initially thought to be either a supernova, or a nova associated with the Large Magellanic Cloud. It was classified as a nova, and known as either ''HV11970'' or ''Nova Hydri1935''. In September 1988, Sidney_van_den_Bergh, Sidney Van Den Bergh and Martha_Locke_Hazen, Martha L. Hazen concluded definitively that the object was a supernova in NGC1511, and the star was given the designation ''SN1935C''.
NGC 1511 Group
According to A.M. Garcia, the galaxy NGC1511 is the central member of the NGC1511 group (also known as Lyons_Groups_of_Galaxies, LGG 107) that includes NGC 1473 and NGC 1511A .
See also
* List of NGC objects (1001–2000)
References
External links
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NGC objects, 1511
Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects, 014236
IRAS catalogue objects, 03594-6746
Hydrus
Astronomical objects discovered in 1834
Discoveries by John Herschel
MCG objects, +00-12-072
Barred spiral galaxies