NGC 1637
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| 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 | 25 Mly[citation needed] |
| Type | SAB(rs)c[1] |
| Apparent dimensions (V) | 4′.0 × 3′.2[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.5[1] |
| Other designations | |
| PGC 15821[1] | |
| See also: Galaxy, List of galaxies | |
NGC 1637 is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 35 million light-years away 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) |
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