NGC 438

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

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Sky|01|13|34.1|-|37|54|06}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 438

| image = File:NGC 438 legacy dr9.jpg

| alt = NGC 438

| caption = NGC 438 imaged by legacy surveys

| epoch = J2000

| ra = {{RA|01|13|34.1}}{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 0438

| url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+438&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

| access-date=September 2, 2016}}

| dec = {{DEC|-37|54|06}}

| constellation name = Sculptor

| z = 0.011641

| h_radial_v = 3,490 km/s

| dist_ly = {{convert|48.18 ± 3.39|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}

| type = (R')SAB(s)b:

| appmag_v = 13.42

| absmag_v = -20.86

| size_v = 1.4' × 1.1'

| size=~{{convert|31.98|kpc|ly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}} (estimated)

| notes =

| names = {{ odlist | MCG= -06-03-029 | 2MASX= J01133415-3754057 | IRAS= 01112-3810 | name= ESO-LV 2960070 | PGC= 4406 | name2= ESO 296- G 007}}

}}

NGC 438 is an intermediate spiral galaxy of type (R')SAB(s)b: located in the constellation Sculptor. It was discovered on September 1, 1834, by John Herschel. It was described by Dreyer as "pretty faint, small, round, gradually a little brighter middle."{{cite web|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 400 - 449|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc4.htm#438|publisher=Cseligman|access-date=April 20, 2017}}

One supernova has been observed in NGC 438: SN{{nbsp}}2024vjc (type{{nbsp}}Ib, mag. 18.97).{{cite web | website=Transient Name Server | title=SN{{nbsp}}2024vjc | url=https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024vjc | publisher = IAU | access-date=14 September 2024}}