NGC1511 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Hydrus. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 1341 ñ 5km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 19.76 ñ 1.39Mpc (~64million light-years). It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 2 November 1834.
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 (blue). Eskridge and colleagues described NGC 1511 as:
According to A.M. Garcia, the galaxy NGC1511 is the central member of the NGC1511 group (also known as LGG 107) that includes and . Some sources also include the galaxy in this group.
One supernova has been observed in NGC1511: SN1935C (type unknown, mag.12.5). 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.