NGC 1428

NGC 1428 is a peculiar galaxy of an uncertain morphology; either an elliptical or lenticular galaxy located approximately 65 million light-years away from Earth.
It was discovered by astronomer Julius Schmidt on January 19, 1865. It is a member of the Fornax Cluster.
40 known globular clusters have been observed surrounding NGC 1428 along with 23 observed planetary nebulae.

Physical characteristics

NGC 1428 is host to a nuclear star cluster with an estimated mass ranging from 1.4 × 10⁷ to 2.2 × 10⁷ M_☉. It is thought that this nuclear star cluster which surrounded by a nuclear stellar disk formed from multiple instances of gas acrecction and subsequent episodes of star formation. The presence of counter-rotating population of stars suggests the occurrence of mergers that occurred in the opposite direction of the rotation of NGC 1428.
The galaxy has a supermassive black hole with an estimated mass of 4.1 × 10⁷ M_☉.