NGC 1024
NGC 1024 is a large spiral galaxy of type Sab located in the constellation Aries. Its speed relative to the cosmic microwave background is 3,306 ± 16 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 48.8 ± 3.4 Mpc. NGC 1024 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel in 1786.
NGC 1024 was used in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies as an example of a motley galaxy.
The luminosity class of NGC 1024 is I-II and it has a broad HI line. With a surface brightness equal to 14.02 mag/am^2, we can qualify NGC 1024 as a Low [surface brightness galaxy|low surface brightness (LSB) galaxy]. LSB galaxies are diffuse galaxies with a surface brightness less than one magnitude lower than that of the ambient night sky.
To date, five non-redshift measurements yield a distance of 46.260 ± 3.155 Mpc, which is within the Hubble distance range.