NGC 1527

NGC 1527 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Horologium. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is , which corresponds to a Hubble distance of . Additionally, 10 non-redshift measurements give a mean distance of . It was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop on 28 September 1826.

NGC 1527 has a possible active galactic nucleus, i.e. it has a compact region at the center of a galaxy that emits a significant amount of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum, with characteristics indicating that this luminosity is not produced by the stars.

Galaxy group

NGC 1527 is a member of a galaxy group known as HDC 257. The group contains at least 14 galaxies, including NGC 1433, NGC 1483, NGC 1487, NGC 1493, , , NGC 1510, NGC 1512, , , , and two others.

Supernova

One supernova has been observed in NGC 1527:

• SN 2008ge (TypeIax, mag. 12.8) was discovered by The CHilean Automatic Supernova sEarch (CHASE) on 8 October 2008. It reached magnitude 12.2, making it the brightest supernova of 2008. It was initially classified as TypeIa, but later analysis concluded that it was Type Iax.

See also

• List of NGC objects (1001–2000)

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