NGC 1087 and NGC 1090 (Gary Imm)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Cetus (Cet) · Contains: NGC 1087 · NGC 1090

NGC 1087 and NGC 1090

This pair of spiral galaxies is located in the constellation of Cetus at a declination of 0 degrees. They are too far away from each other to be interacting. Both of these galaxies have nice structures and colors.

NGC 1087, at upper right, is a small magnitude 11 barred galaxy located about 50 million light years away. It spans 5 arc-minutes in our apparent view, which corresponds to a diameter of 60,000 light years. This HII galaxy is seen with many pink regions in the image. The galaxy is close enough for us to also see star clusters and dust lanes in the unstructured disk. Arms are only faintly present.

NGC 1090, at lower left, is a magnitude 12 galaxy that is much larger and twice as far away. Located 100 million light years from us, it spans 4 arc-minutes in our apparent view, which corresponds to a diameter of 140,000 light years. The structure is a grand design spiral with arms extending 360 degrees around the core.

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RA (center)	02h46m30s.457
RA (top/left)	02h45m47s.363
RA (top/right)	02h46m13s.604
RA (bottom/right)	02h47m13s.558
RA (bottom/left)	02h46m47s.243

Dec (center)	-00°21′54″.50
Dec (top/left)	-00°12′59″.99
Dec (top/right)	-00°35′14″.60
Dec (bottom/right)	-00°30′49″.52
Dec (bottom/left)	-00°08′33″.22

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