Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Fornax (For)  ·  Contains:  NGC 1097
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NGC1097 and jets in Fornax - Sadr Chili, Arnaud Peel
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NGC1097 and jets in Fornax - Sadr Chili

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NGC1097 and jets in Fornax - Sadr Chili

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Another beauty of the Southern Sky NGC1097 : 2 jets can clearly be seen and the last 2 jets are almost invible between the galaxy and the bright star to the right side.

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.

NGC 1097 is also a Seyfert galaxy with 4 optical jets coming from the nucleus.

Red 12 subs@120s -20°C bin 2 gain high

Blue 12 subs@120s -20°C bin 2 gain high

Green 12 subs@120s -20°C bin 2 gain high

Light 57subs@300s -20°C, gain high

Halpha 8subs@300s -20°C, gain high

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