NGC 1819 explained

NGC 1819
Image Scale:1.45
Z:0.014880
H Radial V:4,483 km/s
Type:SB0
Appmag V:13
Sbrightness:23.34 mag/arcsec2

NGC 1819 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Orion. It was discovered on December 26, 1885, by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift. This galaxy is located at a distance of 60.53order=flipNaNorder=flip from the Milky Way, and is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of .

The morphological classification of NGC 1819 is SB0 in the De Vaucouleurs system, indicating this is a lenticular galaxy with a barred spiral organization. It is a gas-rich galaxy with a circumnuclear ring structure that is undergoing intense star formation.

Type Ia supernova SN 2005el was discovered in NGC 1819 on September 19, 2005. It was positioned east and south of the nucleus.