One supernova has been observed in NGC1511: SN1935C (type unknown, mag.12.5).[2] The supernova was discovered by Emily Hughes Boyce on 16 August 1935, and was initially thought to be either a supernova, or a nova associated with the Large Magellanic Cloud. It was classified as a nova, and known as either HV11970 or Nova Hydri1935. In September 1988, Sidney Van Den Bergh and Martha L. Hazen concluded definitively that the object was a supernova in NGC1511, and the star was given the designation SN1935C.[3][4]
NGC 1511 Group
According to A.M. Garcia, the galaxy NGC1511 is the central member of the NGC1511 group (also known as LGG 107) that includes NGC 1473 and NGC 1511A .[5]
^van den Bergh, Sidney; Hazen, Martha L. (1988). "Was Nova Hydri 1935 a Supernova?". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 100: 1542. Bibcode:1988PASP..100.1542V. doi:10.1086/132362.
^Garcia, A. M. (1993). "General study of group membership. II. Determination of nearby groups". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 100: 47. Bibcode:1993A&AS..100...47G.