NGC 634 is a spiral galaxy, lying at a distance of away from the Milky Way in the northern constellation of Triangulum. This object was discovered on 26 October 1876 by French astronomer Édouard Stephan. It is inclined by an angle of 82.4° to the line of sight from the Earth, and thus is being viewed nearly edge on.
Supernovae One supernovae have been observed in NGC 634: SN 2006Q (TypeII, mag. 17.2) was discovered by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search (LOSS) on January 24, 2006. It was east and north of the galactic core. SN 2008A (TypeIax, mag. 17.6) was discovered by Yoshimi Ichimura on January 2, 2008. It was positioned west and north of the Galactic Center. This supernova reached a peak magnitude of 16.7 on January 3.
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A Perfect Spiral with an Explosive Secret: ESA/Hubble Picture of the week.