NGC 7038
Galaxy in the constellation Indus
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NGC 7038 is an intermediate spiral galaxy located about 210 million light-years away in the constellation of Indus.[2][3] Astronomer John Herschel discovered NGC 7038 on September 30, 1834.[4]
| NGC 7038 | |
|---|---|
NGC 7038 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Indus |
| Right ascension | 21h 15m 07.5s[1] |
| Declination | −47° 13′ 14″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.016471[1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 4,938 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 211.6 Mly |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.55[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SAB(s)c[1] |
| Size | 80.08 kiloparsecs (261,100 Light-Years) (diameter; 25.0 mag/arcsec2 B-band isophote)[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 3.2 x 1.6[1] |
| Other designations | |
| ESO 286-79, AM 2111-472, FAIR 960, IRAS 21117-4725, PGC 66414[1] | |
NGC 7038 along with NGC 7014 are the brightest members of Abell 3742.[5][6] Abell 3742 is located near the center of the Pavo–Indus Supercluster.[7]
Supernovae
Three supernovae have been observed in NGC 7038:
- SN 1983L (Type I, mag. 17.1) was discovered by H. Schild and M. Pizarro on 14 June 1983.[8][9][10]
- SN 2010dx (Type II, mag. 17.4) was discovered by CHASE (CHilean Automatic Supernovas sEarch) on 8 June 2010.[11][12]
- SN 2018hsa (Type Ia, mag. 16) was discovered by the Backyard Observatory Supernova Search on November 1, 2018.[13]
