The morphological classification of NGC 1819 is SB0 in the De Vaucouleurs system,[5] indicating this is a lenticular galaxy with a barred spiral organization. It is a gas-rich galaxy[8] with a circumnuclear ring structure that is undergoing intense star formation.[9]
Type Ia supernova[5]SN 2005el was discovered in NGC 1819 on September 19, 2005. It was positioned 39.0″ east and 22.6″ south of the nucleus.[10]
^Pogge, Richard W.; Eskridge, Paul B. (October 1993). "Star Formation in the Disks of H I-Rich SO Galaxies". Astronomical Journal. 106: 1405. Bibcode:1993AJ....106.1405P. doi:10.1086/116735.
^Contini, T.; et al. (1995). "Detection of circum-nuclear rings in barred spiral galaxies". Astrophysical Letters and Communications. 31: 223. Bibcode:1995ApL&C..31..223C.
^Madison, D. R.; et al. (September 2005). Green, D. W. E. (ed.). "Supernova 2005el in NGC 1819". Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams. 233: 1. Bibcode:2005CBET..233....1M.