NGC 1428

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Fornax}}

{{Infobox Galaxy

| image = NGC 1428.jpg

| image_size = 270px

| caption = DSS image of NGC 1428

| name = NGC 1428

| epoch = J2000

| type = SAB0^- pec, E{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 1428

| url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/

| access-date=2024-07-12}}

| ra = {{RA|03|42|22.7}}

| dec = {{DEC|-35|09|14}}

| dist_ly = {{convert|20.117|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}

| z = 0.005470

| appmag_v = 13.90

| size = ~{{convert|9.97|kpc|ly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}} (estimated)

| constellation name = Fornax

| names = ESO 358- G 053, MCG -06-09-022, FCC 277, PGC 013611

|h_radial_v=1640 km/s|size_v=1.6 x 0.8|mass=5.3{{e|10}} (Stellar mass){{Cite journal |last1=Fahrion |first1=K. |last2=Lyubenova |first2=M. |last3=van de Ven |first3=G. |last4=Hilker |first4=M. |last5=Leaman |first5=R. |last6=Falcón-Barroso |first6=J. |last7=Bittner |first7=A. |last8=Coccato |first8=L. |last9=Corsini |first9=E. M. |last10=Gadotti |first10=D. A. |last11=Iodice |first11=E. |last12=McDermid |first12=R. M. |last13=Martín-Navarro |first13=I. |last14=Pinna |first14=F. |last15=Poci |first15=A. |date=2021-06-01 |title=Diversity of nuclear star cluster formation mechanisms revealed by their star formation histories |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021A&A...650A.137F |journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics |volume=650 |pages=A137 |doi=10.1051/0004-6361/202140644 |arxiv=2104.06412 |bibcode=2021A&A...650A.137F |issn=0004-6361}}/9.5{{e|10}} (Total Mass){{Cite journal |last1=Spolaor |first1=Max |last2=Kobayashi |first2=Chiaki |last3=Forbes |first3=Duncan A. |last4=Couch |first4=Warrick J. |last5=Hau |first5=George K. T. |date=2010-10-01 |title=Early-type galaxies at large galactocentric radii - II. Metallicity gradients and the [Z/H]-mass, [α/Fe]-mass relations |journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |volume=408 |issue=1 |pages=272–292 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17080.x |doi-access=free |arxiv=1006.1698 |bibcode=2010MNRAS.408..272S |issn=0035-8711}}|absmag_v=-19.02|group_cluster=Fornax Cluster}}

NGC 1428 is a peculiar galaxy{{Cite web |title=Detailed Object Classifications |url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/NEDatt?objname=NGC+1428 |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu}} of an uncertain morphology; either an elliptical or lenticular galaxy{{Cite journal |last1=Merluzzi |first1=P. |last2=Busarello |first2=G. |last3=Terranegra |first3=L. |last4=Colless |first4=M. M. |last5=Graham |first5=A. W. |date=1998-01-01 |title=NGC 1428: from the discordant redshift caused by a star, to the determination of the morphological type. |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1998MmSAI..69..283M |journal=Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana |volume=69 |pages=283–286 |bibcode=1998MmSAI..69..283M |issn=0037-8720}} located approximately 65 million light-years away from Earth.{{Cite web |title=Your NED Search Results |url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+1428&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu}}

It was discovered by astronomer Julius Schmidt on January 19, 1865.{{Cite web |title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 1400 - 1449 |url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc14.htm#1428 |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=cseligman.com}} It is a member of the Fornax Cluster.{{Cite journal |last=Ferguson |first=Henry C. |date=August 1989 |title=Population studies in groups and clusters of galaxies. II - A catalog of galaxies in the central 3.5 deg of the Fornax Cluster |url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?1989AJ.....98..367F |journal=The Astronomical Journal |volume=98 |pages=367 |doi=10.1086/115152|bibcode=1989AJ.....98..367F }}

40 known globular clusters have been observed surrounding NGC 1428{{Cite journal |last1=Caso |first1=Juan P. |last2=De Bórtoli |first2=Bruno J. |last3=Ennis |first3=Ana I. |last4=Bassino |first4=Lilia P. |date=2019-10-01 |title=Scaling relations for globular cluster systems in early-type galaxies |journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |volume=488 |issue=4 |pages=4504–4519 |doi=10.1093/mnras/stz2039 |doi-access=free |arxiv=1908.01807 |bibcode=2019MNRAS.488.4504C |issn=0035-8711}} along with 23 observed planetary nebulae.{{Cite journal |last1=Spriggs |first1=T. W. |last2=Sarzi |first2=M. |last3=Galán-de Anta |first3=P. M. |last4=Napiwotzki |first4=R. |last5=Viaene |first5=S. |last6=Nedelchev |first6=B. |last7=Coccato |first7=L. |last8=Corsini |first8=E. M. |last9=Fahrion |first9=K. |last10=Falcón-Barroso |first10=J. |last11=Gadotti |first11=D. A. |last12=Iodice |first12=E. |last13=Lyubenova |first13=M. |last14=Martín-Navarro |first14=I. |last15=McDermid |first15=R. M. |date=2021-09-01 |title=The Fornax3D project: Planetary nebulae catalogue and independent distance measurements to Fornax cluster galaxies |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021A&A...653A.167S |journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics |volume=653 |pages=A167 |doi=10.1051/0004-6361/202141314 |arxiv=2107.09680 |bibcode=2021A&A...653A.167S |issn=0004-6361}}