NGC 134

{{Short description|Spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor}}

{{Infobox Galaxy

| image = Phot-49-07.jpg

| caption= NGC 134 imaged using the ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) at Paranal in 2007.

| name = NGC 134

| type = Sbc{{cite web|title=NGC 134|url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC+134|publisher=Strasbourg astronomical Data Center|access-date=10 April 2015}}

| epoch = J2000

| ra = {{RA|00|30|21.97}}{{cite web|title=NGC 134|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=ngc+134&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES|website=NED|publisher=NASA/IPAC|access-date=10 April 2015}}

| dec = {{DEC|-33|14|38.5}}

| dist_ly = 60 million light years{{cite web|title=Twisted Spiral Galaxy NGC 134|url=http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0749a/|publisher=ESO|access-date=11 April 2015}}

| z = 0.005277

| appmag_v = 10.40{{cite web|title=NGC 134|url=http://dso-browser.com/dso/info/NGC/134|website=dso-browser.com|access-date=10 April 2015|archive-date=13 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613164834/http://dso-browser.com/dso/info/NGC/134|url-status=dead}}

| size_v = 8.4′×1.8′ (arcmin)

| constellation name = Sculptor

| radius_ly =

| absmag_v =

| notes =

| names = ESO 350-23
PGC 001851, MGC -06-02-012

}}

NGC 134 is a barred spiral galaxy that resembles the Milky Way with its spiral arms loosely wrapped around a bright, bar-shaped central region. Its loosely bound spiral arms categorize it as Hubble-type Sbc. It is 60{{nbsp}}million light years away, and part of the Sculptor constellation.

The VLT image of the galaxy (shown right) reveals the following. A prominent feature of NGC{{nbsp}}134 is its warped disc, i.e., when viewed sideways it does not appear flat. A trail of gas is stripped from the top edge of the disc. Together, these features suggest that it interacted with another galaxy, but that remains unproven. The galaxy has an abundance of ionized hydrogen regions along its spiral arms where stars are forming. These regions appear red in the picture. It also has many dark lanes of dust that occlude its complete starlight.

The discovery of NGC{{nbsp}}134 is often attributed to Sir John Herschel at the Cape of Good Hope,{{cite news|title=A Galaxy for Science and Research|url=http://www.eso.org/public/switzerland-fr/news/eso0749/|access-date=11 April 2015|publisher=ESO|date=9 November 2007}} but he did note that it might have been the 590th object discovered by James Dunlop in his 1828 publication, six years prior to Herschel's own observations.{{cite book

|last=O'Meara|first=Stephen James

|title=Deep-Sky Companions: The Secret Deep

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v859bKO0A4gC&pg=PA23

|volume=4

|date=30 June 2011

|publisher=Cambridge University Press

|isbn=978-1-139-50007-4

|page=23}} O'Meara has suggested NGC 134 might be named as the Giant Squid Galaxy.

One Supernova has been observed in NGC{{nbsp}}134: SN 2009gj (type{{nbsp}}IIb, mag. 15.9){{cite web | website=Transient Name Server | title=SN{{nbsp}}2009gj | url=https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2009gj | publisher = IAU | access-date=30 August 2024}}{{cite web|title=SUPERNOVA 2009gj IN NGC 134|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/ex_refcode?refcode=2009IAUC.9056A...1S|website=NED|publisher=NASA/IPAC|access-date=11 April 2015}} was discovered in 2009 by the amateur astronomer Stuart Parker in New Zealand.{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10581853 |title=Kiwi farmer spots supernova with amateur telescope |author=Kraitzick, David |date=1 July 2009 |work=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=10 April 2015}}