NGC 1672

The center of the galaxy contains a high surface brightness bar, and four filament-like spiral arms extend outward from the ends of this bar. The spiral arms are asymmetric; one of the arms in the northeast part of the disk is significantly brighter than its counterpart on the other side. The spiral arms also contain numerous star formation regions, some of which may be as large as . ==Nucleus==

The classification of the nucleus of NGC 1672 is uncertain. Most galaxies may be classified by their spectra as having one of three different types of nuclei: • A nuclear H II region, a region which has a spectrum similar to that of star formation regions in the Milky Way and which therefore is associated with nuclear star formation activity. • A Seyfert nucleus, a type of active galactic nucleus (AGN) that may contain a supermassive black hole. • A low-ionization nuclear emission-line region, a type of nuclear region with spectral line emission from weakly ionized gas that could contain either a star formation region or a supermassive black hole. NGC 1672, however, is one of several nearby galaxies that does not fit into this classification scheme, as its spectrum appears intermediary between these three classes of objects. ==Supernovae==

Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 1672: • SN 2017gax (Type Ib/c, mag. 17.0406) was discovered by the Distance Less Than 40 Mpc Survey (DLT40) on 14 August 2017. • SN 2022aau (Type II, mag. 16.2788) was discovered by DLT40 on 20 January 2022. ==Gallery==

NGC 1672 HST.jpg | A Hubble Space Telescope image of the center region of NGC 1672 NGC 1672 GALEX WikiSky.jpg | A GALEX ultraviolet image of NGC 1672 NGC 1672 (weic2403k).jpg | A James Webb Space Telescope image of NGC 1672 ==See also==