NGC 1291 Ring Galaxy in Eridanus

NGC 1291 also known as NGC 1269 is a ring galaxy located about 33 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Eridanus. This galaxy has an unusual inner bar and outer ring structure.

First discovered by James Dunlop in 1826 it was subsequently entered into the New General Catalogue as NGC 1291 by Johan Ludvig Emil Dreyer. Later, John Herschel observed the same object in 1836 and entered it into the catalog as NGC 1269 without realizing that it was a duplicate

Constellation Eridanus

Distance about 33 million light-years from Earth