NGC 1398
# NGC 1398

NGC 1398 is an isolated barred spiral galaxy exhibiting a double ring structure. It is located 65 million light years from the Earth, in the constellation of Fornax. The galaxy, with a diameter of 135,000 light years, is bigger than the Milky Way. Over 100 billion stars are in the galaxy. It was first discovered by Friedrich Winnecke of Karlsruhe, Germany, on 17 December 1868, while he was searching for comets.

One supernova has been observed in NGC 1398: SN 1996N (type Ib/c, mag. 16).

## Gallery

* NGC 1398 from the Mount Lemmon Observatory
* NGC 1398 by GALEX
* DSS image of NGC 1398
* NGC 1398 by Hubble Space Telescope
* NGC 1398 by Pan-STARRS
* The spiral galaxy NGC 1398, which lies roughly 65 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Fornax.
