NGC 1291
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ngc-1291-302-9801840
title:
NGC 1291
text:
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 "trans
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Barred ring galaxy in Eridanus
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_1291
date created:
date modified:
2023-11-28T11:42:05Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/NGC_1291_GALEX.jpg","width":1012,"height":1012}
fields total:
13
integrity:
15