NGC 1291

{{short description|Barred ring galaxy in Eridanus}}

{{Infobox Galaxy

| name = NGC 1291

| image = NGC 1291 GALEX.jpg

| image_size = 300px

| caption = This composite image of NGC 1291 is processed primarily from data collected by NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer in December 2003. The blue in this image is ultraviolet light captured by GALEX's long wavelength detector, the green is ultraviolet light detected by its short wavelength detector, and the red in the image is visible light courtesy of data from the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/galex/galex-c20071114.html|title=NGC 1291|publisher=NASA|date=November 22, 2007|editor-first=Susan|editor-last=Watanabe|first=Brian|last=Dunbar|access-date=April 1, 2012|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305004034/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/galex/galex-c20071114.html|url-status=dead}}

| epoch = J2000

| type = (R_1)SB(l)0/a{{cite web|title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database|work=Results for NGC 1291|url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/|access-date=October 30, 2009}}

| ra = {{RA|03|15|29.6}}

| dec = {{DEC|-41|17|25.6}}

| dist_ly = 33 Mly

| z = 0.002799 (839 ± 2 km/s)

| appmag_v = 9.39

| absmag_v = −21.05

| size_v = 9′.8 × 8′.1

| constellation name = Eridanus

| notes = inner bar and outer ring structure

| names = PGC 012209,

}}

NGC 1291, also known as NGC 1269,{{Cite web|url=http://www.capella-observatory.com/ImageHTMLs/Galaxies/NGC1291.htm|title=NGC 1291|publisher=Capella Observatory|date=2005|access-date=April 1, 2012}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/galex/galex-a20071114.html|title=Portrait of a Galaxy's Life|publisher=NASA|date=November 22, 2007|editor-first=Susan|editor-last=Watanabe|first=Brian|last=Dunbar|access-date=April 1, 2012|archive-date=April 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406145905/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/galex/galex-a20071114.html|url-status=dead}}