NGC 1511

NGC1511 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Hydrus. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 1341 ± 5km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 19.76 ± 1.39Mpc. It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 2 November 1834.

Morphology

Eskridge, Frogel, and Pogge published a paper in 2002 describing the morphology of 205 closely spaced spiral or lenticular galaxies. The observations were made in the H-band of the infrared and in the B-band. Eskridge and colleagues described NGC 1511 as:

Supernova

One supernova has been observed in NGC1511: SN1935C. 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 and 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 that includes NGC 1473 and NGC 1511A. Some sources also include the galaxy ESO 54-21 in this group.