NGC 1448 is an unbarred spiral galaxy seen nearly edge-on in the constellation Horologium.

It is at a distance of 55 million light years from Earth.

It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 24 October 1835.

[2] From the spectral analysis of SN 2001el, over a dozen diffuse interstellar bands were discovered in NGC 1448 – one of the few cases that these bands were observed outside of the Milky Way.

[3] In January 2017 it was announced that evidence for a supermassive black hole in NGC 1448 had been found in the center of the galaxy.