NGC 1097 · galaxy
NGC 1097
NGC 1097 is a barred spiral galaxy about 45 million light years away in the constellation Fornax.
RA02h 46m 19sDec−30° 16' 29"
Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSC. Source: JPL via images.nasa.gov.
Identity & coordinates
Identification
- Primary designation
- NGC 1097
- All designations
- NGC 1097
- Object type
- Galaxy
- Constellation
- For
- Best viewing
- Autumn
Coordinates & physical
- Right ascension (J2000)
- 02h 46m 19s
- Declination (J2000)
- −30° 16' 29"
- Apparent magnitude (V)
- —
- Distance
- —
- Redshift (z)
- 0.004240
Visibility tonight
The science
NGC 1097 is a barred spiral galaxy about 45 million light years away in the constellation Fornax. It was discovered by William Herschel on 9 October 1790. It is a severely interacting galaxy with obvious tidal debris and distortions caused by interaction with the companion galaxy NGC 1097A.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia · CC-BY-SA-4.0
References
- SIMBAD Not resolved
- NED Fetched May 8, 2026 View in NED ↗
- Wikipedia Fetched May 8, 2026 Read full article ↗
Wikipedia title resolved via id — the catalog designation was a Wikipedia article title directly.
1 merge conflict resolved
- coordinates: SIMBAD missing → NED used