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      NGC 1291 (NGC 1269)
      Wallpaper author:
      Mark Mayer

      18 Jan 2024

      NGC 1291 (NGC 1269)

      NGC 1291 is a ring galaxy with an 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. 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.


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      NGC 1291

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      NGC 1291 (NGC 1269)