NGC 1024 is a large spiral galaxy of type Sab[1] located in the constellation Aries.

Its speed relative to the cosmic microwave background is 3,306 ± 16 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 48.8 ± 3.4 Mpc (~159 million light-years).

[2] NGC 1024 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel in 1786.

[3] The luminosity class of NGC 1024 is I-II and it has a broad HI line.

[4] NGC 1024 is the largest and brightest of a small group of three galaxies named after it.