NGC 7647 is a giant elliptical galaxy of type cD located in the constellation Pegasus. The redshift of the galaxy is (z) 0.041 and it was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 29 November 1785.
Supernovae
Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 7647:
- SN 2009hi (Type Ia, mag. 18.0) was discovered by Kōichi Itagaki, and independently by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search (LOSS), on 10 July 2009.
- SN 2026abud (Type Ia, mag. 20.1) was discovered by GOTO on 14 September 2026.
