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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 John Frederick William Herschel on November 28, 1837. It is a member of the Fornax Cluster. The galaxy has a stellar mass of 7.9 × 1010 M ☉, and a total mass of 9.4 × 1010  M ☉. However, the mass of the dark matter halo surrounding the galaxy is around 4.3 × 1012 M ☉.

Characteristics
NGC 1427 is the brightest elliptical galaxy on the eastern side of the Fornax cluster, and is thought to have been accreted into the gravtional potential well of the cluster core more than 8 billion years ago. It is around 9 billion years old.

In the galaxy, dust patches are observed, with the central region being host to a nuclear stellar disk with an estimated diameter of 16 pc.

The galaxy has a supermassive black hole with an estimated mass of 9.1 × 107 M ☉.