NGC 1 occupies prime position in the famed New General Catalogue - but why? More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ All 110 Messier Objects playlist: http://bit.ly/MessierObjects More Mike Merrifield: http://bit.ly/Merrifield_Playlist Professor Merrifield on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AstroMikeMerri Larger λR in the disc of isolated active spiral galaxies than in their non-active twins: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202038091 A New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars, being the Catalogue of the late Sir John F.W. Hersche, Bart., revised corrected and enlarged: https://archive.org/download/newgeneralcatalo00dreyrich/newgeneralcatalo00dreyrich.pdf Deep Sky Videos website: http://www.deepskyvideos.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DeepSkyVideos Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DeepSkyVideos More about the astronomers in our videos: http://www.deepskyvideos.com/pages/contributors.html Supported by the University of Nottingham https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/astronomy/ Back us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/deepskyvideos Video by Brady Haran