NGC 1090
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spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus
Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 02 46 33.9
- Declination
- −00 ° 14 ′ 49 ″
- Redshift
- 2760 ± 4 km/ s
- Distance
- 124 million light-years
- Type
- SB(rs)bc
- Apparent size v
- 4.0 ′ × 1.7 ′
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 1090 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cetus.
NGC 1090 has a pseudo inner ring. The disc has a very low surface brightness.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 1090” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.