NGC 151

NGC 151 is a mid-sized barred spiral galaxy^[3] located in the constellation Cetus.

NGC 151
NGC 151 imaged by the Mount Lemmon Observatory SkyCenter using the 0.8m Schulman Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	00h 34m 02.79176s[1]
Declination	−09° 42′ 18.9821″[1]
Redshift	0.012562[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	3742.3 km/s[2]
Distance	170 Mly (52 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)	11.59[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	12.31[3]
Characteristics
Type	SB(r)bc[3]
Size	3.7′ × 1.7′[3]
Other designations
NGC 153, MCG -02-02-054, PGC 2035[2]

KAISIS observed the same galaxy and catalogued it as NGC 153, only for it later to be identified as NGC 151.^[4]

The galaxy, viewed from almost face on, has several bright, blue, dusty spiral arms filled with active star formation. One noticeable feature of the galaxy is a large gap between the spiral arms.

Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 151. On 22 July 2011, PTF11iqb (type IIn, mag. 17.1)^[5] was discovered by the Palomar Transient Factory, and on 24 June 2023, SN 2023lnh (type Ia, mag. 18) was discovered by ATLAS.^[6]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)