NGC 441
NGC 441 is a lenticular galaxy of type (R')SB(rs)0/a? located in the constellation Sculptor. It was discovered on September 27, 1834, by British astronomer John Herschel. It was described by Dreyer as "pretty faint, small, round, gradually brighter middle."
One supernova has been observed in NGC 441: SN 2024agld (type Ia, mag. 18.947) was discovered by ATLAS on December 31, 2024.
See also
References
- ^ "Results for object NGC 0441". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. NASA and Caltech. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
- ^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue Objects: NGC 441". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
- ^ "SN 2024agld". Transient Name Server. IAU. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
External links
- Media related to NGC 441 at Wikimedia Commons