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Q579530

Also known as New General Catalogue 1269, New General Catalogue 1291

ring galaxy in the constellation Eridanus

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Constellation: Eridanus
Right ascension: 03 15 29.6
Declination: −41 ° 17 ′ 25.6 ″
Redshift: 0.002799 (839 ± 2 km/ s )
Distance: 33 Mly
Absolute magnitude v: −21.05
Type: (R_1)SB(l)0/a
Apparent size v: 9′.8 × 8′.1
Notable features: inner bar and outer ring structure

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Distance from Earth: 8.6
Image: The Cosmic Steering Wheel NGC 1269 (iotw2608a).jpg

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time of discovery or invention: 1826-00-00
Commons category: NGC 1291
catalog code: [VDD93] 25
radial velocity: 791
apparent magnitude: 5.658
galaxy morphological type: SBa
right ascension: 49.3275000
declination: -41.1080694
redshift: 0.002795

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NGC 1291, also known as NGC 1269, is a ring galaxy with an unusual inner bar and outer ring structure located about 33 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. It was discovered by James Dunlop in 1826 and subsequently entered into the New General Catalogue as NGC 1291 by Johan Ludvig Emil Dreyer. John Herschel then observed the same object in 1836 and entered it into the catalog as NGC 1269 without realizing that it was a duplicate. This galaxy was cited as an example of a "transitional galaxy" by NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer team in 2007.

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