NGC 428 is a distorted spiral galaxy located approximately 54 million light years away in the constellation Cetus. It is classified as SAB(s)m with HII emission. It has been observed that there are two bar-like bright regions indicating that an interaction may be occurring or may have occurred with another galaxy. Possibly PGC 135629. However it is interesting that no radio waves have been detected. Generally if there is interaction there are radio waves.
Above NGC 428 is the dwarf irregular galaxy PGC 135629. It is seen as a faint ill defined galaxy, and has a surface brightness of mag 26.24. The galaxy is classified as SM, but given the amount of apparent break up perhaps the classification should have been LM.
Galaxy cluster WHL J011247.4+005254 is below NGC 428.
The cluster is listed as having 12 members.
There are numerous other faint galaxies within this area.
The galaxy cluster NSCS J011344+010621 is in the upper left corner at a distance of 2.3 billion light-years.
Imaged in LRGB on my Planewave CDK 1000 at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile.
Image acquisition and processing: Mike Selby