NGC 1097
Image ID : N1097_02
Width2,607 pixels
Height1,665 pixels
300 dpi print width8.7 inches22.1 centimetres
300 dpi print height5.6 inches14.1 centimetres
NGC 1097 is a barred spiral galaxy with a bright and very active nucleus, making it a Seyfert type galaxy. NGC 1097 is interacting with the smalle elliptical galaxy to its upper right, NGC 1097A.
 
Object type
Constellation
Distance (ly)
Magnitude (app)
Messier
NGC 1097
Galaxy
Fornax
45,000,000
9.3
 
Credit : Planetary Visions Limited / R. J. Gabany.
 
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