- Source: NGC 1132
NGC 1132 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Eridanus. The galaxy was discovered by John Herschel on November 23, 1827. It is located at a distance of about 318 million light-years away from Earth.
NGC 1132 and nearby small galaxies are known as a "fossil group" that resulted from the merger of a group of galaxies. It is the prototype example of the class of fossil galaxy groups. The identification as a fossil group was made in 1999. This group contains an enormous amount of dark matter and a large amount of hot gas that emits X-ray radiation. The galaxy is surrounded by thousands of globular star clusters.
One supernova has been observed in NGC 1132: SN 2024pbe (type Ia, mag. 17.8).
See also
Media related to NGC 1132 at Wikimedia Commons
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Daftar eksoplanet
- NGC 1132
- List of NGC objects (1001–2000)
- NGC 6008
- NGC 5460
- NGC 129
- NGC 3443
- List of open clusters
- Vela Pulsar
- Leo P
- Quarter (Canadian coin)
