The New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars (abbreviated as NGC) is a catalogue of deep-sky objects compiled by John Louis Emil Dreyer in 1888. The NGC contains 7,840 objects, known as the NGC objects. It is one of the largest comprehensive catalogues, as it includes all types of deep space objects, including galaxies, star clusters, emission nebulae and absorption nebulae.
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NGC 7038
NGC 7038 is an intermediate spiral galaxy located about 210 million light-years away in the constellation of Indus. Astronomer John Herschel discovered NGC 7038 on September 30, 1834. Three supernovae have been observed in NGC 7038. SN 1983L (mag. 17.1) was discovered on June 14, 1983. SN 2010dx (type II, mag. 17.4) was discovered on June 8, 2010. SN 2018hsa (type Ia, mag. 16) was discovered on November 1, 2018. NGC 7038 along with NGC 7014 are the brightest members of Abell 3742. Abell 3742 is located near the center of the Pavo–Indus Supercluster.
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Wikipedia Page: NGC 7038
NGC 7038 at In-The-Sky website