NGC 1819

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 60.53 Mpc 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 $0$ south of the nucleus.