A circumnuclear ring with active star formation has been detected in the central region of the galaxy.

[6] It appears clumpy and inclined and measures 5.6 × 3.4 arcseconds in diameter, lying just inside the inner Lindblad resonance.

[7] The nucleus of NGC 1241 has been found to be active and it has been categorised as a type II Seyfert galaxy.

[9] The most accepted theory for the energy source of active galactic nuclei is the presence of an accretion disk around a supermassive black hole.

[10] The star formation rate of NGC 1241 is estimated to be 3.07 M☉ per year based on the H-alpha flux.