NGC 2397 [SEP] constellation
NGC 2397
NGC 2397 is a classic spiral galaxy, located in the Volans constellation. It is about 60 million light-years from Earth. The nucleus consists of older yellow and red stars; more recent stars have formed within the outer blue spiral arms, which also feature protrusions of dust.
John Herschel discovered the galaxy on February 21, 1835. In March 2006, a star in the galaxy, SN 2006bc, was spotted in the late stages of supernova. Astronomers at Queen's University Belfast, who have
NGC 48
The New General Catalogue object NGC 48 is a barred spiral galaxy located approximately 79.3 million light-years from the Solar System in the constellation Andromeda.
See also.
- Spiral galaxy
- List of NGC objects (1–1000)
- Andromeda (constellation)
External links.
- http://spider.seds.org/ngc/ngc.cgi?48
- http://spider.seds.org/ngc/ngc_fr.cgi?48
- http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC48
- http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-S?NGC+48
- Базы данных про объекты NGC/IC